Tag Archives: GET
Implications of trauma for CFS treatment
Research abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome is a case definition for conditions of chronic, disabling physical and mental fatigue which are not fully explained by medical or psychiatric causes (NICE, 2007). There has been much controversy over both the case definition and … Continue reading
Review of interventions for CFS
Review abstract: Introduction: Chronic fatigue syndrome affects between 0.006% and 3% of the population depending on the criteria of definition used, with women being at higher risk than men. Methods and outcomes: We conducted a systematic overview, aiming to answer … Continue reading
Review of research into graded activity for CFS
Review abstract An updated systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to (1) evaluate the effects of behavioral and psychological interventions containing a graded physical activity component upon fatigue severity, physical functioning, physical activity and psychological distress, and to (2) examine … Continue reading
White on Pathways to Prevention and PACE
Comment published on 30 June 2015 in the Annals of Internal Medicine on the following article: Treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome By PD White, MD, DJ Clauw, MD, JWM van der Meer, MD, R Moss-Morris, PhD, RR Taylor, PhD … Continue reading
Time loaded standing in women with CFS
Research abstract Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), like patients with osteoporosis, have similar difficulties in standing and sitting. The aim of the study was to compare combined trunk and arm endurance among women with CFS (n=72), women with osteoporosis … Continue reading
Review of exercise therapy studies
Review abstract BACKGROUND: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterised by persistent, medically unexplained fatigue, as well as symptoms such as musculoskeletal pain, sleep disturbance, headaches and impaired concentration and short-term memory. CFS presents as a common, debilitating and serious health … Continue reading
Activity and CFS
[Letter from Joan Crawford: In the February 2015 edition of Therapy Today (News, p6) there is a short report on exercise and CFS. Uncritically your report states, ‘Both [CBT aimed at increasing patients activity and GET (graded exercise therapy)] have been … Continue reading
Claims of ‘fear avoidance’ in ME are misleading
Following the publication of the latest PACE trail paper in the Lancet on 13th January, there has been a flurry of media reports, many of which promote the findings as good news. Other articles counter the claims saying: people with ME are … Continue reading
Fear avoidance beliefs as cause of fatigue and disability in CFS challenged
A paper published in the online journal Lancet Psychiatry claims that analysis of the PACE trial shows that fear avoidance of exercise plays a strong role in perpetuating fatigue and disability in CFS, and that the best treatment for this is CBT and GET. … Continue reading
Warning against overstating recovery in CFS PACE trial
Commenting on a recently published report of a large-scale evaluation of behavioral interventions for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), Fred Friedberg, PhD and Jenna Adamowicz warned against overstating the capacity of any currently available therapy to produce recovery from CFS. In … Continue reading
