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We should encourage coping strategies with the capacity of breaking vicious circles that maintain symptoms....
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PMID: 21139661
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Musculoskeletal pain is one of the most common reasons for seeking both traditional and alternative medical treatment. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of musculoskeletal disorders in Norway.
The article is based on a Norwegian report on musculoskeletal disorders from 2004, and a non...
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PMID: 21139663
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We studied 23 patients with PIFS and 25 healthy matched control subjects. A heartbeat discrimination task and a pressure pain threshold test were used to assess interoceptive sensitivity. Cardiac response was assessed over a 4-min Stroop task. PIFS was associated with higher accuracy in heartbeat di...
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PMID: 20678991
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The total scores in the observation group were 9.37 +/- 2.33 and 5.41 +/- 1.96 before and after treatment respectively, and in the control group, they were 9.08 +/- 2.27 and 7.34 +/- 2.03 respectively. FS brainwork integral, physical fatigue integral, and total integral all decreased after treatment...
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PMID: 20862932
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We studied a population comprising 27 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (10 men and 17 women, 29 +/- 6 years of age) and 27 age- and sex-matched control subjects. Serum vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) concentrations were determined and expressed as mg/g total lipids (total cholesterol and triglyce...
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PMID: 20676841
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Functional somatic symptoms are prevalent in all medical settings, but their management is hampered by an obsolete theoretical framework and inadequate classification systems. Epidemiological and neurobiological studies suggest that the functional somatic syndromes, e.g. fibromyalgia, chronic fatigu...
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PMID: 20566160
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The median illness duration for patients was 3 years. Sixty-eight percent of the children said that their illness developed quickly, and the illness had an infectious onset for 88%. Only 1 child (4%) attended school full-time, whereas 12 (48%) attended school part-time and 8 (32%) received home tuit...
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PMID: 20478937
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Accumulating data support the involvement of the serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine [5-HT]) system in the pathophysiology of chronic fatigue syndrome. Neuropharmacologic studies point to a hyperactive 5-HT system, and open-label treatment studies with 5-HT(3) receptor antagonists have shown promising re...
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PMID: 20122367
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We did repeated blood sampling for cytokines while patients and matched healthy controls slept in the sleep lab. Because no one method for assaying cytokines is acknowledged to be better than another, we assayed for protein in serum, message in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs), and function in re...
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PMID: 20181767
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The CFS group was significantly more fatigued, anxious and depressed than healthy controls. They scored significantly higher on neuroticism and unhealthy perfectionism. Healthy and unhealthy perfectionism were positively correlated in the CFS group, but not in the control group. CONCLUSION: The pres...
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PMID: 20204923
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We use discourse analysis to explore ME/CFS sufferers' descriptions of interactions with medical professionals taken from an asynchronous, online sufferers' support group. Participants described themselves as experiencing limited medical care and attention but restricted criticisms to 'legitimate',...
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PMID: 20348363
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Medically unexplained syndromes, including chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), have been associated with victimization in childhood and adulthood. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations of victimization experiences in childhood and adulthood with functional status and illness severity...
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PMID: 20348356
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Low cortisol is of clinical relevance in CFS, as it is associated with a poorer response to CBT. Hypocortisolism could be one of several maintaining factors that interact in the persistence of CFS....
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PMID: 19607750
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The detailed insights regarding families' therapy experiences suggest areas of improvement for service delivery and topics for further investigation....
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PMID: 19422732
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Gretchen E Tietjen,
Jan L Brandes,
B Lee Peterlin,
Arnolda Eloff,
Rima M Dafer,
Michael R Stein,
Ellen Drexler,
Vincent T Martin,
Susan Hutchinson,
Sheena K Aurora,
Ana Recober,
Nabeel A Herial,
Christine Utley,
Leah White and
Sadik A Khuder
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To evaluate in a headache clinic population the relationship of childhood maltreatment on the prevalence of pain conditions comorbid with migraine.
Childhood maltreatment is highly prevalent and has been frequently associated with recurrent headache. The relationship...
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PMID: 19845780
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Gretchen E Tietjen,
Jan L Brandes,
B Lee Peterlin,
Arnolda Eloff,
Rima M Dafer,
Michael R Stein,
Ellen Drexler,
Vincent T Martin,
Susan Hutchinson,
Sheena K Aurora,
Ana Recober,
Nabeel A Herial,
Christine Utley,
Leah White and
Sadik A Khuder
Abstract
To evaluate in a headache clinic population the relationship of childhood maltreatment on the prevalence of pain conditions comorbid with migraine.
Childhood maltreatment is highly prevalent and has been frequently associated with recurrent headache. The relationship...
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PMID: 19845780
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Gretchen E Tietjen,
Jan L Brandes,
B Lee Peterlin,
Arnolda Eloff,
Rima M Dafer,
Michael R Stein,
Ellen Drexler,
Vincent T Martin,
Susan Hutchinson,
Sheena K Aurora,
Ana Recober,
Nabeel A Herial,
Christine Utley,
Leah White and
Sadik A Khuder
Abstract
To evaluate in a headache clinic population the relationship of childhood maltreatment on the prevalence of pain conditions comorbid with migraine.
Childhood maltreatment is highly prevalent and has been frequently associated with recurrent headache. The relationship...
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PMID: 19845780
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Gretchen E Tietjen,
Jan L Brandes,
B Lee Peterlin,
Arnolda Eloff,
Rima M Dafer,
Michael R Stein,
Ellen Drexler,
Vincent T Martin,
Susan Hutchinson,
Sheena K Aurora,
Ana Recober,
Nabeel A Herial,
Christine Utley,
Leah White and
Sadik A Khuder
Abstract
To evaluate in a headache clinic population the relationship of childhood maltreatment on the prevalence of pain conditions comorbid with migraine.
Childhood maltreatment is highly prevalent and has been frequently associated with recurrent headache. The relationship...
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PMID: 19845780
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Gretchen E Tietjen,
Jan L Brandes,
B Lee Peterlin,
Arnolda Eloff,
Rima M Dafer,
Michael R Stein,
Ellen Drexler,
Vincent T Martin,
Susan Hutchinson,
Sheena K Aurora,
Ana Recober,
Nabeel A Herial,
Christine Utley,
Leah White and
Sadik A Khuder
Abstract
To evaluate in a headache clinic population the relationship of childhood maltreatment on the prevalence of pain conditions comorbid with migraine.
Childhood maltreatment is highly prevalent and has been frequently associated with recurrent headache. The relationship...
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PMID: 19845780
PDF is available here.
Gretchen E Tietjen,
Jan L Brandes,
B Lee Peterlin,
Arnolda Eloff,
Rima M Dafer,
Michael R Stein,
Ellen Drexler,
Vincent T Martin,
Susan Hutchinson,
Sheena K Aurora,
Ana Recober,
Nabeel A Herial,
Christine Utley,
Leah White and
Sadik A Khuder
Abstract
To evaluate in a headache clinic population the relationship of childhood maltreatment on the prevalence of pain conditions comorbid with migraine.
Childhood maltreatment is highly prevalent and has been frequently associated with recurrent headache. The relationship...
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PMID: 19845780
PDF is available here.
Gretchen E Tietjen,
Jan L Brandes,
B Lee Peterlin,
Arnolda Eloff,
Rima M Dafer,
Michael R Stein,
Ellen Drexler,
Vincent T Martin,
Susan Hutchinson,
Sheena K Aurora,
Ana Recober,
Nabeel A Herial,
Christine Utley,
Leah White and
Sadik A Khuder
Abstract
To evaluate in a headache clinic population the relationship of childhood maltreatment on the prevalence of pain conditions comorbid with migraine.
Childhood maltreatment is highly prevalent and has been frequently associated with recurrent headache. The relationship...
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PMID: 19845780
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William M WM Switzer,
Hongwei H Jia,
Oliver O Hohn,
HaoQiang H Zheng,
Shaohua S Tang,
Anupama A Shankar,
Norbert N Bannert,
Graham G Simmons,
R Michael RM Hendry,
Virginia R VR Falkenberg,
William C WC Reeves and
Walid W Heneine
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We did not find any evidence of infection with XMRV in our U.S. study population of CFS patients or healthy controls by using multiple molecular and serologic assays. These data do not support an association of XMRV with CFS....
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PMID: 20594299
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Cryostimulation is a factor supporting rehabilitation patients with multiple sclerosis and fatigue syndrome....
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PMID: 20941916
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The possibility to apply natural medicinal factors of a spa-and-resort facility along with targeted physiotherapeutic exposure (succinic acid electrophoresis, reflexo-segmental peloidotherapy) and polyoxidonium injections was evaluated. The study demonstrated high effectiveness of the proposed appro...
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PMID: 21089211
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New research has solved one of the puzzles surrounding chronic fatigue syndrome, which could help in its future treatment.
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PMID: 21033591
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Females comprised 75.3% of the patient group, and the mean age was 33 years. Initial infection was reported by 77%. There was no difference as to antibody analyses. Logistic regression showed that initial infection was independently associated with acute onset of fatigue, improvement of fatigue at r...
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PMID: 20363992
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We found that 48 (40.3%) of the medical text books included information on CFS. However, among the 129 527 total pages within these medical text books, the CFS content was presented on only 116.3 (0.090%) pages. Other illnesses that are less prevalent, such as multiple sclerosis and Lyme disease, we...
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PMID: 21128580
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether some of the clinical features of fibromyalgia (FM) that patients would like to see improved aggregate into definable clusters.
Seven hundred and eighty-eight patients with clinically confirmed FM and baseline pain > or =40 mm on a 100 mm visual anal...
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PMID: 20584327
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CFS patients (n = 10) had significant decreases in neutrophil respiratory burst, NK cytotoxic activity and CD56(bright)CD16(-) NK phenotypes in comparison to healthy controls (n = 10). However, hemorheological characteristic, aggregation, deformability, fibrinogen, lymphocyte numbers and CD56(dim)CD...
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PMID: 20064266
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Cardiovascular and autonomic dysfunction have been suggested to underlie the symptoms accompanying CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome). In the present issue of Clinical Science, Hurwitz and co-workers have investigated whether deficits were present in cardiac output and blood volume in a cohort of patien...
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PMID: 19534728
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The study examined whether deficits in cardiac output and blood volume in a CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) cohort were present and linked to illness severity and sedentary lifestyle. Follow-up analyses assessed whether differences in cardiac output levels between CFS and control groups were correcte...
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PMID: 19469714
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I : C. Investigation of alterations in cytotoxic and proliferation activities of splenocytcs, the intensity of immunomodulatory cytokines signaling via the sphingomyelin pathways in membrane P2 fraction of the brain cortex, as well as the activity of hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal (HP A) axis in the...
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PMID: 20141043
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A total of 28 papers were enrolled. Logistic regression analysis showed that the total odds ratio (OR) was 4.56, with 95% confidence interval (CI) [2.84, 7.33] for the total effective rate in 10 studies, the total OR was 2.07 with 95% CI [1.49, 2.88] for the markedly effective rate in 8 studies, and...
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PMID: 20209981
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