Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Larun, Lillebeth ^a   Brurberg, Kjetil G ^b   Odgaard Jensen, Jan ^a   Price, Jonathan R ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANAEROBIC EXERCISE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPLICATION; CYCLING; DANCING; FATIGUE SEVERITY SCALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEISURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWIMMING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; WALKING; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHARMACOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HEALTH STATUS; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; ADVERSE OUTCOME; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PAIN INTENSITY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

EID: 84971207673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003200.pub4     Document Type: Review

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