TY - JOUR
AU - Mooney, Amy
AB - Thank you to WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation Editor-in-Chief, Karen Jacobs, and team for the opportunity to coordinate the special edition focusing on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long COVID. The collection of research articles in this special edition includes reflections of patient experiences, examines the impact of symptoms on activities of daily living, compares post-exertional malaise in ME/CFS and Long COVID populations, and identifies measurements for therapeutic interventions. The ME/CFS and Long COVID patient, researcher, and advocate communities value the WORK Journal’s commitment to publish the most up to date ME/CFS and Long COVID research in open-access format.While ME/CFS and Long COVID are not the same disease, they appear to have features of overlapping biological and symptomatic presentations [1–3]. For decades, ME/CFS patients, advocacy groups and scientists have called for an increase in research funding to examine ME/CFS’s complex multisystem disease process and needed therapies [4]. Recent research shows metabolic defect of the aerobic energy production cycle and excessive production of lactate acid upon exertion, possibly explaining exertion intolerance in ME/CFS patients [5, 6]. The hallmark criteria of ME/CFS, post-exertional malaise (PEM), is the worsening of symptoms and function following a previously tolerated physical, 
TI - Introduction to the special section on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and Long COVID
JF - "Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation"
DO - 10.3233/wor-236013
DA - 2023-04-18
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/ios-press/introduction-to-the-special-section-on-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-RlF0vHGAKL
SP - 1175
EP - 1177
VL - 74
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -