运动并非治疗长期新冠的速效方法

Physical activity has been touted as a tool for treating long covid, but much of the evidence neglects one of its most debilitating symptoms: post-exertional malaise, reports Alexandra Thompson IN THE hunt for ways to alleviate long covid – a relatively new condition with no cure, experienced by millions of people worldwide after contracting covid-19 – exercise has been a bright spot. It’s drug-free, it costs nothing and a handful of studies have suggested it boosts long covid recovery. But concern is growing that these studies aren’t robust enough to support exercise as a treatment approach, reigniting a decade-long controversy over the use of exercise in addressing other conditions, such as chronic fatigue syndrome. …