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Aquatic therapy as treatment intervention for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a pilot study - 28/09/2016
http://scu.edu.au/news/media.php?item_id=15161&action=show_item
Be sure to read the interview by Sasha Nimmo (ME News Australia) and excellent comment by John Muir:
https://meaustralia.net/2016/10/07/aquatic-therapy-study-at-southern-cross-university/
http://scu.edu.au/news/media.php?item_id=15161&action=show_item
People diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are being encouraged to take the plunge and join a new pilot study at Southern Cross University investigating the benefits of aquatic therapy as part of their treatment.
“We are researching a novel approach to the management for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,” said lead researcher Dr Suzanne Broadbent from the University’s School of Health and Human Sciences.
“Aquatic exercise and hydrotherapy are recommended types of physical activity for people with Fibromyalgia and muscle pain. However this type of exercise has not been investigated with people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.”
Be sure to read the interview by Sasha Nimmo (ME News Australia) and excellent comment by John Muir:
https://meaustralia.net/2016/10/07/aquatic-therapy-study-at-southern-cross-university/
(Sasha) The researchers rely on GP diagnosis and self-reported symptoms. (A nearby university found that Australian GPs frequently misdiagnose ME and CFS, two in five diagnoses don’t meet the Fukuda CFS criteria and less than a third meet the ICC criteria for ME).
The outcome measures will be 6 minute walk test (if clients cannot walk for 6 minutes then they can stop at any time and they will record distance and calculate walk speed); hand grip strength; 30 second Sit to Stand; shoulder and hip range of motion; FACIT fatigue scale; VAS 0 – 10 pain and tiredness scale.
(John Muir) I have already explored this area in practical terms more than a decade ago, and found it had a number of potential pitfalls.
First and foremost is a safety concern, that it might be conducted by an individual in an ‘unsupervised’ way, due to positive recommendations in the research. This possibly could lead to potential drownings.
Hydrotherapy uses water resistance, which a #pwme might not take into account and ‘overdo it.’ Also buoyancy, may ‘disguise’ levels of fatigue. A #pwme may also have trouble leaving the pool, or returning home after an exercise bout, due to increased ‘gravitational effect’ once they leave the water.