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Not only is PEM a common feature of ME/CFS, but it is arguably the most disabling. For both of those reasons, PEM should be a priority for investigation. I'm delighted that some individuals might be fortunate enough to have found some way that appears to resolve their PEM but that is not a good...

Full title: A prospective randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study to evaluate the effectiveness of neuroprotective therapy using functional brain MRI in patients with post-covid chronic fatigue syndrome. Highlights Reduction of post-COVID fatigue was observed with CCSA (a novel...

Background: Multimodal pain therapy usually take place in the context of group therapy lasting several weeks and is based on a generally activating approach. Due to the specificity of stress intolerance with postexertional malaise (PEM) in patients with postviral syndromes, physical as well as...

As I just posted in response to your other post.

Not publicly they won't. In the public webinar Chris plans to talk about the study in general and provide an overview of our published analysis of questionnaire answers. In the private session after the webinar has finished, he will talk in more detail, which will include any initial results...

Published version linked in this later post here Preprint Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has triggered a consequential public health crisis of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), sometimes referred to as long COVID. The mechanisms of the heterogeneous persistent...

Thank you for highlighting this. Watching the video it seems that Chris unfortunately did say hyperthyroidism, so the transcript is correct in that sense, but obviously what he should have said is, as you point out, hypothyroidism - I've let the team know and asked them to amend the transcript...

"The psychosomatic therapy was administered by psychosomatic therapists with special interest in PSS, registered with the Dutch Association of Exercise Therapists [14] and the Dutch Association for Psychosomatics in Physical Therapy [13], respectively. It includes the following elements...

From the Discussion section. "Due to our selection procedure we may have included patients who did not always expect a psychosomatic approach. Some patients may need more explicit attention to a shared biopsychosocial disease model, more focus on understanding and acceptance of the symptoms as...

"The term Persistent Somatic Symptoms (PSS) refers to a heterogeneous group of physical symptoms such as chronic widespread pain, headache, dizziness, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and irritable bowel syndrome that cannot be directly attributed to detectable underlying diseases or an organic...

Full title: Effectiveness of psychosomatic therapy for patients with persistent somatic symptoms: Results from the CORPUS randomised controlled trial in primary care Highlights We investigated the effectiveness of psychosomatic therapy for PSS. No improvement was established in patient's...

From Methods. Participants in the study were selected by their GP if they were aged 18 years or older and had experienced one or more of 23 physical complaints listed in the "Robbins list" for at least three months14 (Table 1). This selection procedure aligns with previous research.3...

Background Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms (MUPS) are prevalent among primary care patients and frequently lead to diminished quality of life, increased healthcare costs, and decreased work participation. We aimed to examine the effects of a work-focused structured communication tool...

Full title: Effect of the addition of a mental health specialist for evaluation of undiagnosed patients in centres for rare diseases (ZSE-DUO): a prospective, controlled trial with a two-phase cohort design Background People with complex symptomatology but unclear diagnosis presenting to a...

Full title: ‘I just need to know what they are and if you can help me’: Medicalization and the search for legitimacy in people diagnosed with non-epileptic attack disorder Highlights In-depth qualitative interviews with people with functional seizures and identify the social challenges of...

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It seems to me that if the Independent Advisory Group are now self-managing then it is completely within their power to put out a statement that might go someway towards reassuring the community. Or if they feel that is not possible to do as a group then those members who are part of the...