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“It’s not one size fits all”; the use of videoconferencing for delivering therapy in a Specialist Paediatric CFS Service

“It’s not one size fits all”; the use of videoconferencing for delivering therapy in a Specialist Paediatric Chronic Fatigue Service by Andrew Haig-Ferguson, Maria Loades, Charlotte Whittle, Rebecca Read, Nina Higson-Sweeney, Lucy Beasant, Jennifer Starbuck, Esther Crawley in Internet Interventions Volume 15, … Continue reading

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Adolescent’s descriptions of fatigue, fluctuation and payback in CFS/ME

Adolescent’s descriptions of fatigue, fluctuation and payback in chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalopathy (CFS/ME): Interviews with  adolescents and parents, by Roxanne M Parslow, Nina Anderson, Danielle Byrne, Alison Shaw, Kirstie L Haywood, Esther Crawley in BMJ Paediatrics Open Vol 2, #1, December 4, 2018 What this study hopes … Continue reading

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School functioning in adolescents with CFS [Australia]

School functioning in adolescents with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Sarah Jenette Knight,  Jennifer Politis,  Christine Garnham,  Adam Scheinberg and  Michelle Anne Tollit in Front. Pediatr., 16 October 2018 Background:  It is well known that adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) experience greater … Continue reading

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Using the internet to cope with CFS/ME in adolescence

Using the internet to cope with chronic fatigue syndrome/ myalgic encephalomyelitis in adolescence: a qualitative study, by Amberly Brigden, Julie Barnett, Roxanne Morin Parslow, Lucy Beasant, Esther Crawley in BMJ Paediatrics Open Vol. 2, #1 [Published: August 23, 2018] Background: Adolescents are increasingly using online resources … Continue reading

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Passive standing tests for the office diagnosis of postural tachycardia syndrome: New methodological considerations

Passive standing tests for the office diagnosis of postural tachycardia syndrome: new methodological considerations, by Maria Roma, Colleen L. Marden & Peter C. Rowe in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior 2018 [Published online: 25 Aug 2018] Research abstract: Background: Passive standing tests … Continue reading

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Two-year follow-up of impaired Range of Motion in [adolescents with] CFS

Two-Year Follow-Up of Impaired Range of Motion in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,by Peter C. Rowe, Colleen L. Marden, Marissa A. K. Flaherty, Samantha E. Jasion, Erica M Cranston, Kevin R. Fontaine, and Richard L. Violand in J Pediatr 2018 [Published online 1 June 2018] Objective: To measure changes in range … Continue reading

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‘It’s like being a slave to your own body in a way’: a qualitative study of adolescents with CFS/ME

Research abstract: ‘It’s like being a slave to your own body in a way’: a qualitative study of adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome, by Berit Widerøe Njølstad, Anne Marit Mengshoel & Unni Sveen in Scand J Occup Ther. 2018 Apr 1:1-10. … Continue reading

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SEID diagnostic criteria applied on an adolescent CFS cohort

Research abstract: Systemic exertion intolerance disease diagnostic criteria applied on an adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome cohort: evaluation of subgroup differences and prognostic utility, by Tarjei Tørre Asprusten, Dag Sulheim, Even Fagermoen, Anette Winger, Eva Skovlund, Vegard Bruun Wyller in BMJ Paediatrics … Continue reading

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Low mood, poor quality of life & high symptom impact in adolescents attending a tertiary service for CFS/ME

Research abstract: Prevalence and correlates of low mood, poor quality of life and high symptom impact in adolescents attending a tertiary service for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, by FK Neale, TY Segal, DS Hargreaves in Archives of Disease in Childhood Vol 103, Suppl … Continue reading

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Measuring school functioning in students with CFS

Review abstract: Measuring school functioning in students with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a systematic review, by Michelle Tollit, Jennifer Politis, Sarah Knight in J Sch Health. 2018 Jan; 88(1):74-89. [published online 17 Dec 2017] BACKGROUND: It is often surmised that school functioning … Continue reading

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