Indre Bileviciute Ljungar

Source:Karolinska Institutet

Indre Bileviciute Ljungar, MD, PhD, is an Associated Professor in rehabilitation medicine at the Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet (a medical university in Solna), Sweden. Her research interests are: myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), stress exhaustion syndrome and chronic pain.

Talks and interviews

• 2012, 7th Invest in ME International ME Conference 2011 - One Year Experience of a Standardised Team-based Assessment of Suspected ME/CFS Patients

Conference DVD available

Research studies

• 2015, Computerized training improves verbal working memory in patients with [[ME/CFS|myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A pilot study. - (Full Text)
• 2016, Resistance exercise improves physical fatigue in women with fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial - (Full Text)
• 2017, Unperturbed Cytotoxic Lymphocyte Phenotype and Function in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients - (Full text)
• 2017, Identifying symptom subgroups in patients with ME/CFS – relationships to functioning and quality of life - (Abstract)
• 2017, Differences in alexithymia and emotional awareness in exhaustion syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome - (Abstract)
• 2018, Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome do not score higher on the Autism-apectrum quotient than healthy controls: comparison with autism spectrum disorder - (Abstract)
• 2018, Similarities and differences between health-related quality of life in patients with exhaustion syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome - (Full Text)
• 2019, Alexithymia and emotional awareness are negatively associated with sleep parameters in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome – An exploratory study - (Full text)
• 2019, Stress-load and it’s correlation with infections in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome - (Full text)

Online presence

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See myalgic encephalomyelitis.

See chronic fatigue syndrome.

stress Stress can by either physical or psychological, or both. Stress is either 1) a state of emotional or psychological strain or 2) the physical stress (pressure or tension) that a physical object such the human body is placed under, e.g., a stress test is a medical test that monitors the cardiovascular system during strenuous exercise.

myalgic encephalomyelitis (M.E.) - A disease often marked by neurological symptoms, but fatigue is sometimes a symptom as well. Some diagnostic criteria distinguish it from chronic fatigue syndrome, while other diagnostic criteria consider it to be a synonym for chronic fatigue syndrome. A defining characteristic of ME is post-exertional malaise (PEM), or post-exertional neuroimmune exhaustion (PENE), which is a notable exacerbation of symptoms brought on by small exertions. PEM can last for days or weeks. Symptoms can include cognitive impairments, muscle pain (myalgia), trouble remaining upright (orthostatic intolerance), sleep abnormalities, and gastro-intestinal impairments, among others. An estimated 25% of those suffering from ME are housebound or bedbound. The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies ME as a neurological disease.