This index tracks research directions focused on how ME/CFS and related post-viral illness are measured, characterized, and cared for in clinical and research settings.
Active Diagnostic, Symptom & Care Threads
- Post-Exertional Malaise & Exercise Physiology - PEM, exertion response, CPET, lactate recovery, pacing physiology, actigraphy, and exercise testing.
- Diagnostics & Biomarkers - diagnostic tests, biomarker panels, machine-learning classifiers, biosensors, assays, and measurement tools.
- Clinical Characterization & Epidemiology - case definitions, clinical guidelines, epidemiology, cohort structure, symptom scales, project/funding announcements, ethics, and trial-design context.
- Care & Assessment for Severe ME-CFS - severe and very severe ME/CFS care, home visits, outreach diagnostics, anesthesia/perioperative safety, and bedbound patient assessment.
- Small Fiber Neuropathy - peripheral small-fiber neuropathy, dysautonomia overlap, Sudoscan, evoked potentials, and mast-cell or neuroimmune mechanisms.
How To Read These Threads
Diagnostic and care-context threads separate measurement validity, patient characterization, and clinical-support evidence from treatment claims. A biomarker, symptom scale, or exercise protocol can be useful for research before it is ready for routine clinical decision-making.