{"id":28781,"date":"2020-11-18T08:51:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T08:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=28781"},"modified":"2020-11-18T09:00:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T09:00:25","slug":"the-impact-of-a-structured-exercise-programme-upon-cognitive-function-in-cfs-patients-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/the-impact-of-a-structured-exercise-programme-upon-cognitive-function-in-cfs-patients-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The impact of a structured exercise programme upon cognitive function in CFS patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

The impact of a structured exercise programme upon Cognitive Function in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients<\/a>, by Pawe\u0142 Zalewski, S\u0142awomir Kujawski, Malwina Tudorowska, Karl Morten, Ma\u0142gorzata Tafil-Klawe, Jacek J Klawe, James Strong, Fernando Est\u00e9vez-L\u00f3pez , Modra Murovska, Julia L Newton and the European Network on ME\/CFS (EUROMENE) in<\/span>\u00a0Brain Sci.<\/em> 2020, 10(1), 4 [doi.org\/10.3390\/brainsci10010004]<\/h3>\n

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Research abstract:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Background: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Cognitive function disturbance is a frequently described symptom of myalgic encephalomyelitis\/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\/CFS). In this study, the effects of a structured exercise programme (SEP) upon cognitive function in ME\/CFS patients was examined.<\/p>\n

Methods: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Out of the 53 ME\/CFS patients initiating SEP 34 (64%) completed the 16 week programme. Cognitive function was assessed using a computerized battery test consisting of a Simple Reaction Time<\/a> (SRT) (repeated three times) and Choice Reaction Time<\/a> (CRT) measurements, a Visual Attention Test<\/a> (VAT) and a Delayed Matching to Sample<\/a> (DMS) assessment.<\/p>\n

Results: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Statistically significant improvement was noted in the third attempt to SRT in reaction time for correct answers, p = 0.045, r = 0.24. Moreover, significant improvement was noted in VAT reaction time, number of correct answers and errors committed, p = 0.02, omega = 0.03, p = 0.007, r = 0.34 and p = 0.004, r = 0.35, respectively. Non-significant changes were noted in other cognitive tests.<\/p>\n

Conclusions: <\/strong><\/p>\n

A substantial number of participants were unwilling or unable to complete the exercise programme. ME\/CFS patients able to complete the SEP showed improved visual attention both in terms of reaction time and correctness of responses and processing speed of simple visual stimuli.<\/p>\n

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The impact of a structured exercise programme upon Cognitive Function in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients, by Pawe\u0142 Zalewski, S\u0142awomir Kujawski, Malwina Tudorowska, Karl Morten, Ma\u0142gorzata Tafil-Klawe, Jacek J Klawe, James Strong, Fernando Est\u00e9vez-L\u00f3pez , Modra Murovska, Julia L Newton and … Continue reading →<\/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":[6328,33,6330,3296,5989,3929,5536,5529,5531,5530,5532,4900,4898,420,6327,4901,5534,6329],"class_list":["post-28781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-choice-reaction-time-test","tag-cognitive-dysfunction","tag-delayed-matching-to-sample-assessment","tag-dr-karl-morten","tag-dr-modra-murovska","tag-euromene","tag-european-network-on-me-cfs","tag-fernando-estevez-lopez","tag-jacek-j-klawe","tag-james-strong","tag-malwina-tudorowska","tag-malgorzata-tafil-klawe","tag-pawel-zalewski","tag-prof-julia-newton","tag-simple-reaction-time-test","tag-slawomir-kujawski","tag-structured-exercise-programme","tag-visual-attention-test"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-7ud","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28781","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=28781"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28794,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28781\/revisions\/28794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}