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At the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Europe in September 2022, there was a side-event on 'Health systems response to post COVID-19 condition'. The report from this event has now been published - Click here to access the report. Dr Manoj Sivan, Co-Chief Investigator of LOCOMOTION, was a member of the panel discussion...
LOCOMOTION study recruitment surpassed 2000 in March 2023! Long COVID Publications: Our fourth British Medical Journal Practice Pointer has been submitted for publication. This one focusses on cognitive dysfunction/brain fog. Visit our Scientific Publications page to find our previous Practice Pointers and other publications. Study Updates: Researchfish submission: Researchfish is used by the National Institute...
Espinosa-Gonzalez A.B, Master H, Gall N, Halpin S, Rogers N, Greenhalgh T. Orthostatic tachycardia after covid-19. BMJ 2023; 380:e073488. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-073488 (PDF) This Practice Pointer, Orthostatic tachycardia after covid-19, in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) is an output from workstream 1 of the LOCOMOTION study. It offers an overview of orthostatic tachycardia following covid-19, including a summary...
Update 08/06/2023 - This work package is now closed to recruitment. Thank you to all those who participated. Are you continuing to experience symptoms for more than 4 weeks after COVID? You may be eligible to participate in a research study around how different groups experience Long COVID. You may qualify if you are:...
LOCOMOTION study recruitment reached 1957 in February 2023! Long COVID Publications: The latest publication in our series of BMJ practice pointers has been published! - Orthostatic tachycardia after covid-19. We have published a lay summary of our previous BMJ Practice Pointer ‘Long covid - an update for primary care’ The UK Qualitative Long COVID Research Network have...
The UK Qualitative Long COVID Research Network have published a report on 'Understanding and supporting the long-term effects of COVID-19'. The authors include many representatives from the LOCOMOTION study; Prof Trisha Greenhalgh, Dr Jordan Mullard, Dr Ghazala Mir, Dr Rachael Evans, and Dr Julie Darbyshire. What is the report about? The report aimed to explore...
Lay summary of the 'Long covid - an update for primary care' publication Long covid is when covid-19 symptoms last longer than one month. This affects at least 1.99 million people in the UK (around one person in 30). A million have been unwell for over a year. Over 400,000 are not better after two years....
LOCOMOTION study recruitment reached 1850 in January 2023! The LOCOMOTION Team: Welcome - Conor Wood has joined the team as a Research Assistant at our Birmingham NHS Clinical Site. Congratulations - Dr Manoj Sivan, LOCOMOTION Co-Chief Investigator, has been appointed President of the British Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. News: 5 month no-cost extension...
Update 08/06/2023 - This work package is now closed to recruitment. Thank you to all those who participated. If you are 18 years or older and are diagnosed with Long COVID, we invite you to join our study! You are being invited to take part in research investigating home monitoring of Long COVID symptoms....
To help potential participants understand what participating in LOCOMOTION involves, our team created a short video (below). This brief guide explains what the research is about, what activities people can be involved in, and what happens if they want to get involved. The video also explains what the Participant Information Sheet is. Development of the...