Li, Koki Otsuka, Yuki Nakano, Yasuhiro Omura, Daisuke Hasegawa, Kou Obika, Mikako Ueda, Keigo Kataoka, Hitomi Otsuka, Fumio
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) mainly affects young adults and can have a potential impact on social functioning. As this syndrome is associated with endothelial dysfunction, the heart can be damaged via ischemia due to endothelial damage. This might potentially lead to heart failure, which accounts for approximately 20...
Zhang, Mei-Lin Fu, Hong-Juan Tang, Yong Luo, Zhen-Guo Li, Jian-Yong Li, Rui
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Medicine
Background: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a relatively complex and disabling illness with a substantial economic burden and functional impairment. Until now, many CFS patients lack appropriate healthcare. Acupoint catgut embedding is an effective and emerging alternative therapy for CFE. With this research, we endeavor to investigate the effect...
Mckay, Pamela G Walker, Helen Martin, Colin R Fleming, Mick
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BMJ Open
Objective To explore the relationship between symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and fibromyalgia (FM). The hypothesis predicated that there would be no significant differences between the group’s symptom experience. Design A quasiexperimental design. Structural equation modelling (SEM) and invariance testing....
Jason, Leonard A Holtzman, Carly S Sunnquist, Madison Cotler, Joseph
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Journal of health psychology
Post-exertional malaise, or a variation of this term, is a key symptom of myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome, as this symptom is mentioned in almost all myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome case definitions. Until now there has not been a comprehensive questionnaire to assess post-exertional malaise. To rectify...
Núñez-Fuentes, David Obrero-Gaitán, Esteban Zagalaz-Anula, Noelia Ibáñez-Vera, Alfonso Javier Achalandabaso-Ochoa, Alexander López-Ruiz, María del Carmen Rodríguez-Almagro, Daniel Lomas-Vega, Rafael
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Diagnostics
Balance problems are one of the most frequent symptoms in patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS). However, the extent and nature of this balance disorder are not known. The objective of this work was to determine the best evidence for the alteration of postural balance in patients with FMS and analyze differences with healthy controls. To meet t...
Underhill, Rosemary Baillod, Rosemarie
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Medicina
Background and Objectives: Controversy exists over whether myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is an organic disease or a psychosomatic illness. ME/CFS usually occurs as sporadic cases, but epidemics (outbreaks) have occurred worldwide. Myalgic encephalomyelitis was named to describe an outbreak affecting the lymphatic, musc...
Pheby, Derek F. H. Araja, Diana Berkis, Uldis Brenna, Elenka Cullinan, John de Korwin, Jean-Dominique Gitto, Lara Hughes, Dyfrig A. Hunter, Rachael M. Trepel, Dominic
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Medicina
Background and Objectives: The socioeconomic working group of the European myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) Research Network (EUROMENE) has conducted a review of the literature pertaining to GPs’ knowledge and understanding of ME/CFS; Materials and Methods: A MEDLINE search was carried out. The papers identified were revi...
Aguilar-Aguilar, Elena Marcos-Pasero, Helena Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. Loria-Kohen, Viviana
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Journal of Clinical Medicine
Fibromyalgia (FM), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) are some of the central sensitization syndromes (CSSs). The complexity of their diagnosis, the high interindividual heterogeneity and the existence of multi-syndromic patients requires a multifaceted treatment. The scientific literature is contradictory regard...
Lim, Eun-Jin Kang, Eun-Bum Jang, Eun-Su Son, Chang-Gue
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Journal of Clinical Medicine
Background: The diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is problematic due to the lack of established objective measurements. Postexertional malaise (PEM) is a hallmark of ME/CFS, and the two-day cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) has been tested as a tool to assess functional impairment in ME/CFS patients. This s...
Vink, Mark Vink-Niese, Alexandra
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Healthcare
An increasing number of young and previously fit and healthy people who did not require hospitalisation continue to have symptoms months after mild cases of COVID-19. Rehabilitation clinics are already offering cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) as an effective treatment for long COVID and post-COVID-19 fatigue syndrome based on the claims that it...