Thanks for your comments @rvallee . Althought I'm not sure what you mean by initial peer review. This was a problem in the Cochrane review that...
Thanks for pointing this out. I will go with the version @MSEsperanza proposes. It now reads:
Thanks for your interesting comments @Esther12. Think I disagree with you on most points, though. Will try to explain my thoughts below: I see....
References [1] Larun L, Brurberg KG, Odgaard-Jensen J, Price JR. Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome. Cochrane Database Syst Rev....
I've written a blog post about the recent amendment to the Cochrane review and how it doesn't address the major flaws. I will post the full text...
One interesting bit was at the very end when Van Elzakker said he would like to see more fundamental research into possible mechanisms rather than...
For transparency: I've just sent the email to info@meaction.net and the emailadressses of the ME Action team listed on this webpage...
Yes sorry that was a mistake. I've redone the calculation with the figure from the powerpoint I've linked earlier: a mean of 83.3 and standard...
11) Selection bias Some have made the argument that the Cochrane review is wrong to claim that most studies had a low risk of selection bias. In...
I plan on sending the proposal tomorrow.
Thanks I've changed it. I was somewhat confused because the document says: © DEGAM 2017. Sometimes there can be a delay between when a report is...
Thanks Kalliope! I've added your sources to the overview, hope my summary is ok. I'm mostly interested in the promo article by the Norwegian...
It does, but I don't think it's all that clear. It makes a distinction between: Graded exercise therapy: exercise in which the incremental...
Tagging some people who might know more: @mango @Kalliope @Cheshire @Rick Sanchez @rvallee @TigerLilea @strategist @Hutan @Ravn @andypants...
I thought it might be useful to get an overview of medical guidelines on ME/CFS that have been influenced by the Cochrane review on graded...
I do think that the Cochrane review could have mentioned the many patient surveys indicating harms by GET. They span a period of almost 30 years...
10) Harmful effects I also had a look at possible harmful effects. Next to fatigue, this was the primary outcome of the review. Larun et al. have...
Thanks @Snowflake I've added you to the list!
Just throwing this in here: The Jason et al. 2007 studied determined clinically significant effects for the physical function scale as follows:
True. But if you take for example half a standard deviation of a sample of patients who filled in the questionnaire, it's clear that the patients...
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