Mira Meeus
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Mira Meeus, PhD, teaches and researches at the Pain in Motion International Research Group, Belgium, the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium and the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
EUROMENE[edit | edit source]
Dr. Meeus is a member of the Biomarkers Working Group of ME/CFS across Europe on behalf of EUROMENE, a European Union COST Action CA15111 not-for-profit research organization committed to tackling the cause and treatment for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.[1]
Notable studies[edit | edit source]
- 2013, Heart rate variability in patients with fibromyalgia and patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic review.[2] (Abstract)
- 2013, The role of mitochondrial dysfunctions due to oxidative and nitrosative stress in the chronic pain or chronic fatigue syndromes and fibromyalgia patients: peripheral and central mechanisms as therapeutic targets?[3] (Full Text)
- 2014, Altered immune response to exercise in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: a systematic literature review[4] (Full Text)
- 2017, Influence of morphine and naloxone on pain modulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Fibromyalgia and controls: a double blind randomized placebo-controlled cross-over study[5] (Abstract)
- 2017, The European ME/CFS Biomarker Landscape project: an initiative of the European network EUROMENE[6] (Full Text)
- 2017, Endogenous Pain Facilitation Rather Than Inhibition Differs Between People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, and Controls: An Observational Study[7] (Full Text)
- 2017, The Role of Autonomic Function in Exercise-induced Endogenous Analgesia: A Case-control Study in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Healthy People[8] (Full Text)
- 2018, Cerebral Blood Flow and Heart Rate Variability in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Randomized Cross-Over Study[9] (Full Text)
- 2018, Exercise-induce hyperalgesia, complement system and elastase activation in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - a secondary analysis of experimental comparative studies[10]
- 2019, Relationship Between Exercise-induced Oxidative Stress Changes and Parasympathetic Activity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An Observational Study and in Patients and Healthy Subjects[11]
Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]
Online presence[edit | edit source]
- PubMed
- ResearchGate
See also[edit | edit source]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15111?management
- ↑ Meeus, Mira; Goubert, Dorien; De Backer, Fien; Struyf, Filip; Hermans, Linda; Coppieters, Iris; De Wandele, Inge; Da Silva, Hellen; Calders, Patrick (October 2013). "Heart rate variability in patients with fibromyalgia and patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: A systematic review". Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 43 (2): 279–287. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2013.03.004. ISSN 0049-0172.
- ↑ Meeus, Mira; Nijs, Jo; Hermans, Linda; Goubert, Dorien; Calders, P (September 2013), "The role of mitochondrial dysfunctions due to oxidative and nitrosative stress in the chronic pain or chronic fatigue syndromes and fibromyalgia patients: peripheral and central mechanisms as therapeutic targets?", Expert Opin Ther Targets, 17 (9): 1081–9, doi:10.1517/14728222.2013.818657, PMID 23834645
- ↑ Nijs, Jo; Nees, A; Paul, L; De Kooning, Margot; Ickmans, Kelly; Meeus, Mira; Van Oosterwijck, Jessica (2014), "Altered immune response to exercise in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: a systematic literature review", Exercise Immunology Review (20): 94-116., PMID 24974723
- ↑ Hermans, Linda; Nijs, J; Calders, P; De Clerck, L; Moorkens, G; Hans, G; Grosemans, S; Roman de Mettelinge, T; Tuynman, J; Meeus, M (2017), "Influence of morphine and naloxone on pain modulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Fibromyalgia and controls: a double blind randomized placebo-controlled cross-over study", Pain Physician, 18, doi:10.1111/papr.12613, PMID 28722815
- ↑ Scheibenbogen, Carmen; Freitag, Helma; Blanco, Julià; Capelli, Enrica; Lacerda, Eliana; Authier, Jerome; Meeus, Mira; Castro Marrero, Jesus; Nora-Krukle, Zaiga; Oltra, Elisa; Strand, Elin Bolle; Shikova, Evelina; Sekulic, Slobodan; Murovska, Modra (July 26, 2017). "The European ME/CFS Biomarker Landscape project: an initiative of the European network EUROMENE". Journal of Translational Medicine. 15 (1). doi:10.1186/s12967-017-1263-z. ISSN 1479-5876. PMC 5530475. PMID 28747192.
- ↑ Polli, Andrea; Willekens, Barbara; Meeus, Mira; Nijs, Jo; Collin, Simon M.; Ickmans, Kelly (2017), "Endogenous Pain Facilitation Rather Than Inhibition Differs Between People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, and Controls: An Observational Study Observational Study", Pain Physician, 20 (4): E489-E497, PMID 28535557
- ↑ Nijs, J; Danneels, L; Lambrecht, L; Moorkens, G; Meeus, M; Paul, L; Van Oosterwijck, Jessica; Marusic, U; De Wandele, I (2017), "The Role of Autonomic Function in Exercise-induced Endogenous Analgesia: A Case-control Study in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Healthy People", Pain Physician, 20 (3): E389-E399, PMID 28339438
- ↑ Malfliet, Anneleen; Pas, R; Brouns, R; De Win, J; Hatem, SM; Meeus, M; Ickmans, Kelly; van Hooff, RJ; Nijs, J (2018), "Cerebral Blood Flow and Heart Rate Variability in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Randomized Cross-Over Study", Pain Physician, 21 (1): E13-E24
- ↑ Polli, Andrea; Van Oosterwijck, Jessica; Meeus, Mira; Lambrecht, Luc; Nijs, Jo; Ickmans, Kelly (October 16, 2018). "Exercise-induce hyperalgesia, complement system and elastase activation in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – a secondary analysis of experimental comparative studies". Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 0 (0). doi:10.1515/sjpain-2018-0075. ISSN 1877-8879.
- ↑ Ickmans, Kelly; Lambrecht, Luc; Moorkens, Greta; Meeus, Mira; Paul, Lorna; Wandele, Inge De; Marusic, Uros; Nijs, Jo; Oosterwijck, Jessica Van (January 18, 2019). "Relationship Between Exercise-induced Oxidative Stress Changes and Parasympathetic Activity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An Observational Study and in Patients and Healthy Subjects". Clinical Therapeutics. doi:10.1016/j.clinthera.2018.12.012. ISSN 0149-2918. PMID 30665828.