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Title: Impact of a maximal exercise test on symptoms and activity in chronic fatigue syndrome.
Author(s): Bazelmans, E.; Bleijenberg, G. ; Voeten, M.J.M. ; Meer, J.W.M. van der ; Folgering, H.T.M.
Publication year: 2005
Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 59, iss. 4, (2005), pp. 201-208
ISSN: 0022-3999
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.04.003
Publication type: Article / Letter to editor

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Subject: EBP 1: Determinants of Health and Disease
EBP 3: Effective Primary Care and Public Health
N4i 1: Pathogenesis and modulation of inflammation
N4i 2: Invasive mycoses and compromised host
NCEBP 10: Human Movement & Fatigue
NCMLS 1: Infection and autoimmunity
ONCOL 4: Quality of Care
UMCN 2.1: Heart, lung and circulation
UMCN 4.1: Microbial pathogenesis and host defense
UMCN 4.2: Chronic inflammation and autoimmunity
EBP 1: Determinants of Health and Disease
NCEBP 10: Human Movement & Fatigue
Organization: Medical Psychology
SW OZ BSI OE
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Diseases
Journal title:
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume: vol. 59
Issue: iss. 4
Page start: p. 201
Page end: p. 208
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effects of exercise on symptoms and activity in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). METHODS: Twenty CFS patients and 20 neighborhood controls performed an incremental exercise test until exhaustion. Fatigue, muscle pain, minutes spent resting, and the level of physical activity were assessed with a self-observation list. Physical activity was assessed with an actometer as well. Data were obtained 3 days before the maximal exercise test (MET) up to 5 days thereafter. Results : For CFS patients, daily observed fatigue was increased up to 2 days after the exercise test. For controls, self-observed fatigue returned to baseline after 2 h. Both CFS patients and controls spent more minutes resting on the day before and on the day after the MET. For CFS patients, self-observed minutes resting increased on the day of the exercise test. For neither group, a decrease of actometer recorded or self-observed physical activity after exercise was found. CONCLUSION: Fatigue in CFS patients increased after exercise, but the level of actual physical activity remained unchanged.

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