ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 08/05/20251) Dutch researchers compared muscle biopsies of ME/CFS and Long Covid patients to healthy participants who underwent 60 days of strict bed rest as part of a NASA study. A brief overview of how ME/CFS and LC differed from deconditioning... 22710
ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 08/05/20252) While maximum oxygen uptake was similar, ME/CFS patients (in green) reached their Gas Exchange Threshold (GET) relatively sooner. GET is an indicator of switching to anaerobe energy production. So this could suggest that patients start producing lactate relatively sooner. 1101
ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 08/05/20253) While bed rest induced severe muscle atrophy, this was not seen in patients with long COVID or ME/CFS. In contrast to controls, patients atrophy seemed to be concentrated in one particular type of muscle fiber: type I or slow-twitch fibers used for endurance activities. 1123
