To exercise or not to excercise in chronic fatigue syndrome? No longer a question

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 437-438

  Lloyd, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HORMONE; IMMUNOLOGIC AGENT;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIABILITY; SLEEP PATTERN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EXERCISE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS;

EID: 2442515449     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06016.x     Document Type: Editorial

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