Typically they will mean ME/CFS when they say chronic fatigue, especially if they also list conditions such as FM or IBS, so it is intentional inclusion.
One of the two references for that section of that paper says, "Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) include conditions...
Full title: Development of an interdisciplinary training program about chronic pain management with a cognitive behavioural approach for healthcare professionals: part of a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study
Abstract
Background
Many applied postgraduate pain training programs are...
Selected quotes
"PPS represent a broad and heterogeneous spectrum of symptoms e.g., pain, headaches, dizziness, and conditions such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome"
"Excessive and frequent healthcare utilisation of patients with PPS [4,5,6] puts this group of...
Full title: Clinical skills development for healthcare practitioners working with patients with persistent physical symptoms (PPS) in healthcare settings: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
Abstract
Background
The complexity and uncertainty around Persistent Physical Symptoms (PPS)...
Full title: Longitudinal Cytokine and Multi-Modal Health Data of an Extremely Severe ME/CFS Patient with HSD Reveals Insights into Immunopathology, and Disease Severity
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) presents significant challenges in patient care due to its...
Some other hopefully useful sources of information for you.
#1 - This blog by @dave30th might be helpful, also discussed up-thread Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) - articles, social media and discussion']here[/URL].
#2 - @ME/CFS Skeptic has written a blog series on this sort of subject...
Abstract
Functional neurological symptom disorders (FNSD) pose a common challenge in clinical practice, particularly in pediatric cases where the clinical phenotypes can be intricate and easily confused with structural disturbances. The frequent coexistence of FNSDs with other medical disorders...
Introduction: Several neuroimaging studies have been conducted to demonstrate the specific structural and functional brain correlations of conversion disorder. Although the findings of neuroimaging studies are not consistent, when evaluated as a whole, they suggest the presence of significant...
Abstract
Musical training has been associated with structural changes in the brain as well as functional differences in brain activity when musicians are compared to nonmusicians on both perceptual and motor tasks. Previous neuroimaging comparisons of musicians and nonmusicians in the motor...
"I’m not sure how well this post will be received, it’s maybe a bit controversial and I’m also not sure if my point will come across clearly.
It stems from me sometimes struggling to navigate being both a scientist and a patient. Sometimes I feel colleagues take me less seriously (not...
Mass General is where David Perez is based, along with the rest of their FND Unit, https://www.massgeneral.org/neurology/treatments-and-services/functional-neurological-disorder
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