Muscle abnormalities worsen after post-exertional malaise in long COVID

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A subgroup of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 remain symptomatic over three months after infection. A distinctive symptom of patients with long COVID is post-exertional malaise, which is associated with a worsening of fatigue- and pain-related symptoms after acute mental or physical exercise, but its underlying pathophysiology is unclear. With this longitudinal case-control study (NCT05225688), we provide new insights into the pathophysiology of post-exertional malaise in patients with long COVID. We show that skeletal muscle structure is associated with a lower exercise capacity in patients, and local and systemic metabolic disturbances, severe exercise-induced myopathy and tissue infiltration of amyloid-containing deposits in skeletal muscles of patients with long COVID worsen after induction of post-exertional malaise. This study highlights novel pathways that help to understand the pathophysiology of post-exertional malaise in patients suffering from long COVID and other post-infectious diseases.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 15(2024), 1 vom: 04. Jan., Seite 17

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Appelman, Brent [VerfasserIn]
Charlton, Braeden T [VerfasserIn]
Goulding, Richie P [VerfasserIn]
Kerkhoff, Tom J [VerfasserIn]
Breedveld, Ellen A [VerfasserIn]
Noort, Wendy [VerfasserIn]
Offringa, Carla [VerfasserIn]
Bloemers, Frank W [VerfasserIn]
van Weeghel, Michel [VerfasserIn]
Schomakers, Bauke V [VerfasserIn]
Coelho, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Posthuma, Jelle J [VerfasserIn]
Aronica, Eleonora [VerfasserIn]
Joost Wiersinga, W [VerfasserIn]
van Vugt, Michèle [VerfasserIn]
Wüst, Rob C I [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 08.01.2024

Date Revised 18.04.2024

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05225688

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-023-44432-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36667742X