…therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy. However, some issues remain. The trial’s poor results on objective measures of fitness suggest a lack of adherence to the activity component of these therapies.…
…also discuss wider issues concerning trial procedures, researcher allegiance and participant reporting bias. Cognitive behavioural therapy and graded exercise therapy had modest, time-limited effects on self-report measures, but little effect…
…subjective outcome measures, apparently demonstrating a lack of understanding of basic trial design requirements. The failure of the academic community to recognise the weakness of trials of this type suggests…
…to 10 of every 100,000 people in the United States. Other researchers have reported higher-than-normal titers of antibodies to various latent viruses — Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, human herpes virus 6,…
…exercise or cognitive behavioural therapy? A critical commentary and preliminary re-analysis of the PACE trial. Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior Volume 5, 2017 – Issue 1. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21641846.2017.1259724 (Full article) …
…of greater than 3:1. All participants were assessed via a primary care community clinic. Blood samples were collected for pathology testing after physical examination and orthostatic intolerance assessment. Cytokines, activin…
…CFS and 73 healthy control women who completed detailed gynecologic history questionnaires. Striking differences emerged from the comparison between those groups. The women with CFS were some 12 times more…
…for chronic fatigue syndrome identified: Discovery, along with revealed underlying biology, could lead to faster, more accurate diagnoses and more effective, personalized therapies.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 29 August 2016. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160829163253.htm …
…through stool samples and blood work, offering a noninvasive diagnosis and a step toward understanding the cause of the disease. “Our work demonstrates that the gut bacterial microbiome in chronic…
…2016; 11 (7): e0159386 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159386 Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham. “Chronic fatigue syndrome flare-ups caused by straining muscles and nerves.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 18 July 2016. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160718194125.htm …