Rehabilitation programs that promote physiotherapy techniques such as exercise , mobilization , and body awareness ( e.g. , MRT and GET ) are the most effective in reducing medium and long-term fatigue severity in CFS patients
OBJECTIVE The objectives of this work were to fill the gap in the scientific literature and to evaluate the results of physical therapy treatments  in individuals affected by chronic fatigue syndrome , considering only studies that employed a r and omized controlled trial .
Graduated exercise training and progressive resistance training in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: a randomized controlled pilot study
Objective : To investigate the differential effects of aerobic grade d exercise and progressive resistance training on exercise tolerance , fatigue and quality of life in adolescent patients with chronic fatigue syndrome ( CFS ) . Design : Single-blind , r and omized controlled pilot trial . Setting : A major metropolitan hospital in Melbourne , Australia . Subjects : Twenty-two adolescents aged 13—18 years diagnosed with CFS and admitted to the inpatient chronic fatigue rehabilitation programme . Intervention : Patients were r and omized to either grade d aerobic exercise training or a progressive resistance training programme , for five days/week for four weeks . The grade d aerobic training consisted of 20—40 minutes of stationary cycling and treadmill exercise . The progressive resistance training involved 16 exercises performed with single set , moderate load and high repetitions . Main measures : Exercise tolerance ( time to fatigue ) measured on a grade d sub-maximal treadmill test , metabolic equivalents and quality of life , along with muscular strength ( maximium push-ups ) and endurance ( sit-to-st and ) and question naires evaluating depressive symptoms and fatigue severity . Results : No intervention was significantly better than the other for any outcome . However , physical capacity and quality of life significantly improved in both groups , while fatigue severity and symptoms of depression improved only with aerobic training . Conclusions : Resistance and aerobic training result ed in similar changes to physical capacity , quality of life and fatigue severity . Generally , patients who completed resistance training or aerobic training experienced significant improvements in outcomes from baseline when they entered the programme . Whether these improvements can be attributed to the treatment is unknown
Rehabilitation programs that promote physiotherapy techniques such as exercise , mobilization , and body awareness ( e.g. , MRT and GET ) are the most effective in reducing medium and long-term fatigue severity in CFS patients
OBJECTIVE The objectives of this work were to fill the gap in the scientific literature and to evaluate the results of physical therapy treatments  in individuals affected by chronic fatigue syndrome , considering only studies that employed a r and omized controlled trial .