The first two definitions of the term
recover in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary follow:
----from illness
1. "
recover (from something) to get well again after being ill/sick, hurt, etc."
----from something unpleasant
2. "
recover (from something) to return to a normal state after an unpleasant or unusual experience or a period of difficulty"
Online source. (Retrieved April 19, 2017)
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/recover?q=recover
Question: Did the past and current patients in the PACE and MAGENTA studies know that the researchers have been using their own, private, and unexpected definition of the term
recover when discussing therapies?