06 - Professor Nick Sculthorpe - Long Covid Research Projects at UWS

Episode 06 of the Long Covid Podcast is a conversation with Nick Sculthorpe, Professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology at the University of the West of Scotland. We talk about the two Long Covid studies they have been given funding for - Tracking Persistent Symptoms in Scotland (TraPSS for short) & the NIHR Pacing Study.

We talk first about the TraPPS study - skip to 22 minutes to hear about Pacing Study only.

Pacing study information (now recruiting): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZZmitbIbKaocYTBAL6yksfTCqzsqvLG9/view?usp=sharing

TraPSS - https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/outputs/cso-funded-research/long-covid-call/
NIHR - https://www.nihr.ac.uk/news/196-million-awarded-to-new-research-studies-to-help-diagnose-and-treat-long-covid/28205

Scotsman article on the NIHR pacing study: https://www.scotsman.com/health/long-covid-study-launched-to-reduce-symptoms-of-extreme-fatigue-3314155

Follow Nick on Twitter - @UWSNick @UWSlongCOVID 

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