{"id":5427,"date":"2025-05-05T11:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T17:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ior-2020\/?page_id=5427"},"modified":"2025-05-12T14:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:16:46","slug":"bridging-the-miles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ior-2020\/bridging-the-miles","title":{"rendered":"Bridging the MILES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Submission 2025<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Submitted by:<\/td>Ritika Sharma<\/td><\/tr>
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Faculty:<\/td>Rehabilitation Medicine<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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For people living with Long COVID and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), each day brings a fluctuating rhythm of energy, function, and fatigue\u2014difficult to track, often dismissed, and rarely reflected in standard clinical assessments. ‘Bridging the MILES’ captures this reality: a snow-covered bridge stretches forward into uncertainty, symbolizing the long, unclear path that many patients walk each day. At the center of the image, a Garmin watch records health parameters like steps and heart rate\u2014making visible what patients often struggle to articulate. My study is a sub-project of the MILES trial, which evaluates the impact of a mind-body program. While the parent trial focuses on improving health outcomes, my research provides an essential bridge between experience and evidence\u2014collecting real-time, objective data using wearable sensors, to track how patients\u2019 lives change, not just in theory, but in motion. This image reflects that promise: one step, one signal, one mile closer to understanding recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was your image created using Generative AI?<\/em>
No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How was your image created?<\/em>
This image was taken on a quiet winter morning in Alberta, using a smartphone camera, in portrait mode. The setting\u2014a long, snow-covered pedestrian bridge\u2014was carefully chosen to symbolize the uncertain and often isolating journey faced by individuals living with Long COVID and CFS. I made some minor edits using Samsung’s built-in editing app, adjusting contrast and sharpness to enhance clarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where is the image located?<\/em>
Ram Falls Provincial Park, Alberta<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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