By David Tuller, DrPH
The Journal of Medical Virology has just published a study called “Effect of using a structured pacing protocol on post-exertional symptom exacerbation and health status in a longitudinal cohort with the post-COVID-19 syndrome.” The investigators are from the University of Leeds and the Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust.
Post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) is the name the investigators are using for what is commonly called long Covid. Post-exertional symptom exacerbation (PESE) is an alternate and arguably more accurate name for what has generally been called post-exertional malaise (PEM).