There recently was an IMAGINE trial in the Lancet Gastrology claiming that hypnotherapy decreases symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome (don't...
That's possible. I remember the authors of 2 day CPET studies speculating about this. See for example Vermeulen et al. 2014. I was thinking more...
I think there are different ways to define the anaerobic threshold like measuring lactate levels and see if they rise above normal levels (like...
I want to use this thread to collect studies suggesting that labeling patients with ME or CFS, makes them sicker (because it makes them think they...
Don't know if this is mentioned yet, but I was just reading some of the GET trials and one of them (Powell et al. 2001) did a mediation analysis...
I think this refers to Leonard Jason's study at the DePaul university, Chicago. See: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510613/
I appreciate those trying to make sense of the NIH’s position. But I don’t see how one is supposed to break the cycle of inertia without throwing...
Do not know the details but didn’t the great success stories in medicine like polio or AIDS turn into a success because of political action and...
Not sure about that. Maybe success should not solely be defined as a good study or paper but as getting the research field going and attracting...
Very few words on CBT. It seems like the Australian BPS'ers prefer GET?
True, but I think the minister was just making an announcement. We haven't seen the new convention or the assessment report from Leuven. So...
I used to think that the 2 day CPET results and deficiencies in aerobic capacity made sense because exercising with ME often feels like your...
Personal note: for me the experience that characterized ME/CFS during exercise (I had a gradual onset and so for a while had mild ME) is extreme...
Do not think this is mentioned allready but hodges et al. allready did a study of the 2 day CPET procedure in which they compared MECFS patients...
It differs between studies. The large study by the workwell foundation actually found the greatest difference for workload at aerobic treshold....
This is interesting. Does that mean that in your view PEM cannot be explained by deficiencies in aerobic capacity? And might this suggests that...
Good point. Either these patients ran away after getting their CFS diagnosis (and the BPS explanation that goes with it) but before being offered...
It's the bad type. The previous guideline explicitly said that CBT provided to ME/CFS patients should be following the model of Bleijenberg and...
Not sure either, but after the previous report, they concluded that exercise capacity measures are not "relevant" for evaluating treatment effects...
I think that information will be in the assessment report from the University of Leuven that I can’t seem to get my hands on. The minister (it’s a...
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