https://www.meaction.net/2019/12/05...is-back-in-business-assessing-people-with-me/ In my opinion, it reads like an advert.
This is a thread for a research paper referenced on their website. Looks like we didn't get around to discussing it. Cortical hypoactivation during resting EEG suggests central nervous system pathology in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
The NeuroCognitive Research Institute (NCRI) seems to be a research npo founded and run by the Zinn's who have authored several papers on brain-wave function in me/cfs. I don't think they are selling anything, maybe fundraising though. I admit it does read like an advert.
LORETA software is used in quantitative EEG, which is confirmed in the article. It shows major abnormalities in ME according to the limited research done so far. Its very early days but it does need further study in my opinion. I am guessing this happened in this case. In combination with repeat CPET it should be able to show both major physical impairment and major cognitive impairment. With the right tests in the future, ME patients should be winning their court battles, every time. After a whole lot do that the insurance industry may decide to change course, but will still make things difficult initially.
The Atlantic: A Map That Shows You Everything Wrong With Your Brain. Technology that compares your brain’s electrical activity to everyone else’s could revolutionize mental-health treatments—or worsen people’s obsessions with perfection. Just posting this for a bit of background information, not meant to sound quite as sceptical as this excerpt probably does in isolation, even if it is a ‘buyer beware’ marketplace. Also, qEEG is not just for ‘mental health’ conditions.
For those that don’t know, Myra Preston, whose company is called Siber Imaging, was exploring the value of qEEG in CFIDS (ME/CFS) patients, back in the 90s. She was able to discriminate between patients and controls with, what I believe to be, a high degree of accuracy. https://www.siberimaging.com/help-for-cfidsfibromyalgia-1
There's some background on the Zinns in this article: https://depaulmagazine.com/2019/03/14/the-myth-of-its-all-in-your-head/
Well, I found that article from the DePaul magazine interesting, but probably not for the right reason. I had not previously heard of anyone else starting with the same illness as me in 1980, in England, and here is someone from Wisconsin who did. She couldn't walk up a hill before the illness became apparent. I fell off a climb - though I did feel slightly better about that when I discovered that it had been regraded to Hard VS.
NeuroCognitive Research Institute On their website: Measuring Post Exertional Malaise https://www.thencri.org/measuring-post-exertional-malaise/