Rethinking the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome—a reanalysis and evaluation of findings from a recent major trial of graded exercise and CBT

Carolyn E. Wilshire1, Tom Kindlon2, Robert H. Courtney3, Alem Matthees4, David Tüller5, Keith Geraghty6, Bruce Levin7
1School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand
2Irish ME/CFS Association, Dublin, Ireland
3London, UK
4Perth, Australia
5School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
6School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
7Department of Biostatistics; Columbia University; New York USA

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