{"id":279,"date":"2025-04-11T10:49:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T10:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/vsimulators\/?p=279"},"modified":"2025-04-11T10:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T10:50:17","slug":"279","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/vsimulators\/2025\/04\/11\/279\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Spotlight piece to showcase how digital technologies are being used to better understand ME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The VSimulators team welcomed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/bbc\/\">BBC<\/a> Spotlight to the facility, where they filmed a healthy control participant undergoing a movement analysis assessment in the lab. This demonstration was part of a wider segment on ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) research led by Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAvefBwBCCnaFcZ139oqdrGDmnt48FFcPIg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mae-mansoubi\/\">Maedeh Mansoubi<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/university-of-exeter\/\">University of Exeter<\/a> Medical School.<br><br>The piece will showcase how digital technologies are being used to better understand ME and how this innovation can support both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/nhs\/\">NHS<\/a> and people living with the condition.<br><br>As part of the research, a collaborative survey with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/me-association\/\">ME Association<\/a> has also highlighted the urgent need for better support\u2014both for the NHS and for people affected by ME. 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