Tag Archives: diagnostic criteria

Research: fMRI reveals differences between ME/CFS diagnostic criteria

Posted on 11/18/2022 by wames

fMRI distinguishes between two classes of ME/CFS   Australian researchers have discovered that patients diagnosed using 2 different criteria, International Consensus Criteria (ICC) and the Fukuda criteria, have different brain activity. The main difference between the 2 criteria is that … Continue reading →

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Research: Orthostatic Intolerance & neurocognitive impairment overlap in ME/CFS

Posted on 10/13/2022 by wames

Orthostatic Intolerance & neurocognitive impairment overlap in ME/CFS   Prof Jason Leonard and US colleagues investigated the relationship between Orthostatic Intolerance and neurocognitive impairment in ME/CFS Orthostatic intolerance (OI) is the development of symptoms when standing upright that are relieved … Continue reading →

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Cognitive dysfunction research: Hippocampal subfields & ME/CFS

Posted on 04/07/2022 by wames

Volumetric differences in hippocampal subfields and associations with clinical measures in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, by Kiran Thapaliya, Donald Staines, Sonya Marshall- Gradisnik, Jiasheng Su, Leighton Barnden in Journal of Neuroscience Research March 31, 2022     “The hippocampus is … Continue reading →

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Evaluating case diagnostic criteria for ME/CFS

Posted on 03/06/2022 by wames

Evaluating case diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): toward an empirical case definition, by Karl E Conroy, Mohammed F Islam, Leonard A Jason in Disability and Rehabilitation, Mar 2, p 1-8 2022 [doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2043462]   Implications for rehabilitation ME/CFS is … Continue reading →

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Research: Diffusion tensor imaging (MRI) reveals neuronal microstructural changes in ME/CFS

Posted on 08/20/2021 by wames

Diffusion tensor imaging reveals neuronal microstructural changes in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Kiran Thapaliya, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Don Staines, Leighton Barnden in European Journal of Neuroscience, August 6, 2021 [doi/10.1111/ejn.15413]   Research abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patients suffer from … Continue reading →

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Research: Evaluating routine blood tests according to clinical symptoms & diagnostic criteria in individuals with ME/CFS

Posted on 07/28/2021 by wames

Evaluating routine blood tests according to clinical symptoms and diagnostic criteria in individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis /Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Ingrid H. Baklund, Toril Dammen, Torbjorn Age Moum, Wenche Kristiansen, Daysi Sosa Duarte, Jesus Castro-Marrero, Ingrid Bergliot Helland, Elin Bolle … Continue reading →

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: progress & possibilities

Posted on 04/10/2020 by wames

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: progress and possibilities, by Carolina X Sandler, Andrew R Lloyd in Medical Journal of Australia April 5, 2020   Review Summary Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a prevalent condition affecting about one in 100 patients attending primary … Continue reading →

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From neurasthenia to post-exertion disease: evolution of the diagnostic criteria of CFS/ME

Posted on 06/26/2019 by wames

From neurasthenia to post-exertion disease: Evolution of the diagnostic criteria of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, by Inigo Murga, Jose-Vicente Lafuente in Atencion Primaria [online 8 June 2019] Research abstract: Changes in the terminology and diagnostic criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic … Continue reading →

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ME & CFS case definitions: effects of requiring a substantial reduction in functioning

Posted on 04/07/2019 by wames

Myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome case definitions: effects of requiring a substantial reduction in functioning, by Samantha Scartozzi, Madison Sunnquist & Leonard A Jason in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior [Published online: 01 Apr 2019] https://doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2019.1600825 Research abstract: Background: Current … Continue reading →

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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or what? The International Consensus Criteria

Posted on 01/04/2019 by wames

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or what? The International Consensus Criteria, by Frank Twisk in Diagnostics 2019, 9(1), 1 [Published: 20 December 2018] (This article belongs to the Special Issue Biomedical Insights that Inform the Diagnosis of ME/CFS) Article abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) … Continue reading →

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