| ABR | Advanced Biomechanical Rehabilitation |
| BDNF | Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| cFTOE | Cerebral Fractional Tissue Oxygen Extraction |
| CHb | Cerebral Total Hemoglobin |
| CHU Sainte-Justine | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine |
| CPET | Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing |
| CV | Coefficient of Variation |
| DSQ | DePaul Symptom Questionnaire |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid |
| ELISA | Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| FDR | False Discovery Rate |
| FGF21 | Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 |
| g | Gravity or Relative Centrifugal Force |
| GlcN | Glucosamine |
| Hb | Hemoglobin |
| HBP | Hexosamine Biosynthetic Pathway |
| HPLC | High-Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| Hp | Haptoglobin |
| Hz | Hertz |
| ICanCME | Interdisciplinary Canadian Collaborative Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ICanCME) Research Network |
| LC | Long COVID |
| LC-MS | Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry |
| LRP-1 | Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1 |
| ME | Myalgic Encephalomyelitis |
| MFI-20 | Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory-20 |
| MHz | Megahertz |
| NIRS | Near-Infrared Spectroscopy |
| O-GlcNAc | O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine |
| PASC | Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection |
| PBQC | Pooled Biological Quality Control |
| PEM | Post-Exertional Malaise |
| Psi | Pounds Per Square Inch |
| R2 | Coefficient of Determination |
| rSO2 | Regional Cerebral Oxygen Saturation |
| RT | Retention Time |
| SARS-CoV-2 | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 |
| SC | Short-Course COVID |
| SEM | Standard Error of the Mean |
| SF-36 | Short Form-36 Health Survey |
| SpO2 | Peripheral Oxygen Saturation |
| T0 | Baseline Time Point (Pre-stimulation) |
| T90 | Post-stimulation Time Point (90 min) |
| TCA | Tricarboxylic Acid (Cycle) |
| VIF | Variance Inflation Factor |
| V1 | Visit 1 |
| V3 | Visit 3 |
| β | Unstandardized Regression Coefficients |
| µL | Microlitre |
| η2 | Eta Squared |