So people who had the symptom some of the time were included with those who had it none of the time.
I'm not sure how valuable this study is, like Trish, but now I have read it, I might as well post observations.
With trials of some conditions, maybe TMJ and IBS for example, one might have to depend on subjective measures. However ME/CFS affects levels of...
I believe the issue in the UK is a lack of money. Two of the charities even did a feasibility study around 2010. It's not even clear to me...
I was disappointed that they didn't make any suggestions on what might have patients or at least what should be avoided. They mentioned nobody...
The results section is quite short so I thought I might as well post it all
[IMG] FIGURE 1. Box and whisker plots showing minimum, 1st quartile, median, 3rd quartile and maximum reading performance (words per minute: wpm)...
If anyone knows of any pages with visuals describing what is tested, I'd be interested in looking at it.
Can you or anyone remember any details about this study? Could be useful to cite but I don’t recall it.
Just to point out again that there was a statistically significant improvement on the six minute walking test in the PACE trial (White et al 2011)...
Lots of CFS studies include some patients who also have depression or anxiety. I don't see it as a full exclusion.
Seems fair
Well, there were improvements. Just because neither group had normal levels doesn't mean they were necessarily not effective. An interesting...
While it is not ideal, I'm not sure if it means the trial is not properly designed. Another group could have been useful even a no-therapy group...
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