{"id":24452,"date":"2020-02-17T00:02:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T00:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=24452"},"modified":"2020-02-17T00:02:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T00:02:07","slug":"cochrane-review-of-exercise-therapy-for-cfs-appointment-of-advisory-group-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/cochrane-review-of-exercise-therapy-for-cfs-appointment-of-advisory-group-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Cochrane review of exercise therapy for CFS: appointment of advisory group lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Cochrane library<\/strong> blog post, 13 Feb 2020: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochrane.org\/news\/appointment-lead-independent-advisory-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appointment of lead to independent advisory group<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/withdrawn-traditional-chinese-medicinal-herbs-for-the-treatment-of-idiopathic-chronic-fatigue-and-chronic-fatigue-syndrome\/cochrane-library\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18357\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-18357 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cochrane-library.png?resize=393%2C128&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"128\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cochrane-library.png?w=393&amp;ssl=1 393w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cochrane-library.png?resize=150%2C49&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cochrane-library.png?resize=300%2C98&amp;ssl=1 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 393px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 393\/128;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In October 2019,\u00a0Cochrane announced its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochrane.org\/news\/publication-cochrane-review-exercise-therapy-chronic-fatigue-syndrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">commitment\u00a0to a full update<\/a> the Cochrane Review\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochranelibrary.com\/cdsr\/doi\/10.1002\/14651858.CD003200.pub8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome<\/a>. The statement noted plans for: \u201ca comprehensive review of the protocol, which will be developed in consultation with an independent advisory group that we intend to convene. This group will involve partners from patient-advocacy groups from different parts of the world who will help us to embed a patient-focused, contemporary perspective on the review question, methods and findings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cochrane is now pleased to announce that Hilda Bastian has been appointed to lead the independent advisory group. Hilda has been a health consumer advocate and researcher, and has held many roles with healthcare bodies. She is also author of the popular PLoS blog \u201cAbsolutely Maybe\u201d, which looks at the uncertainties in medicine, and reported on the contents and conduct of the Cochrane Review Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome. Her knowledge and understanding of myalgic encephalomyelitis\/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\/CFS), and the methodology of systematic reviews, saw broad support for her blog posts from consumers and researchers alike.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochrane.org\/news\/appointment-lead-independent-advisory-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full blog post<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochranelibrary.com\/cdsr\/doi\/10.1002\/14651858.CD003200.pub8\/read-comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the comments and criticisms of the existing review<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hilda Bastian<\/strong> is a scientist, blogger, health consumer advocate and cartoonist. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plos.org\/absolutely-maybe\/about-hilda-bastian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more about her.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Hilda&#8217;s past blogs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plos.org\/absolutely-maybe\/2019\/02\/08\/consumer-contested-evidence-why-the-me-cfs-exercise-dispute-matters-so-much\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Consumer-Contested Evidence: Why the ME\/CFS Exercise Dispute Matters So Much<\/a><br \/>\nPosted February 8, 2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plos.org\/absolutely-maybe\/2019\/10\/03\/its-a-start-the-amended-version-of-the-cochrane-review-on-exercise-and-cfs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It\u2019s a Start: The Amended Version of the Cochrane Review on Exercise and CFS<\/a><br \/>\nPosted October 3, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cochrane library blog post, 13 Feb 2020: Appointment of lead to independent advisory group &nbsp; In October 2019,\u00a0Cochrane announced its commitment\u00a0to a full update the Cochrane Review\u00a0Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome. The statement noted plans for: \u201ca comprehensive review &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/cochrane-review-of-exercise-therapy-for-cfs-appointment-of-advisory-group-lead\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1952,1645,5615],"class_list":["post-24452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-cochrane-review","tag-exercise-therapy","tag-hilda-bastian"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-6mo","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24452"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24454,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24452\/revisions\/24454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}