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    Graded exercise therapy for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome is not effective and

    Abstract The analysis of the 2017 Cochrane review reveals flaws, which means that contrary to its findings, there is no evidence that graded exercise therapy is effective. Because of the failure to report harms adequately in the trials covered by the review, it cannot be said that graded...
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    Multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment is not effective for ME/CFS: A review of the FatiGo trial

    Just published in Health Psychology Open, review of the FatiGo trial (Vos-Vromans), one of the 13 pieces of evidence NICE will review. Mark Vink, Alexandra Vink-Niese, First Published August 6, 2018 Review Article Abstract The FatiGo trial concluded that multidisciplinary rehabilitation...
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    Tuller Blog on Comments from NICE's expert reviewers (via FOI request)

    Maybe someone should point out the truth about FITNET to do them http://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/7/3/52/htm
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    Info from FOI on CFS 6-minute walking test results in University College London Hospitals

    A number of important issues have been raised by previous commentators but maybe this might be helpful as well. The 6MWT provides a good representation of a patient’s ability to perform submaximal activities of daily living and may be useful in serial evaluation of patient status and/or...