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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:
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Medical Psychology SW OZ BSI OE Internal Medicine Pulmonary Diseases |
Journal title:
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Journal of Psychosomatic Research
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Abstract:
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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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