Nurse led, home based self help treatment for patients in primary care with chronic fatigue syndrome: randomised controlled trial

There is evidence that exercise is effective for fatigue in cancer,
(1) improves quality of life in multiple sclerosis (2) and it is suggested
that exercise may be beneficial in HIV/AIDS. (3) Nobody suggests that this
means cancer, multiple sclerosis or HIV/AIDS are not taken seriously.
Surely anything that might help deserves investigation?

Yours sincerely

Tom Marshall

1. Cramp F, Daniel J. Exercise for the management of cancer-related
fatigue in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 2.
Art. No.: CD006145. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006145.pub2.

2. Motl R.W., Gosney J.L. Effect of exercise training on quality of
life in multiple sclerosis: A meta-analysis. Multiple Sclerosis 2008;
14(1):129-135.

3. Ciccolo J.T., Jowers E.M., Bartholomew J.B. The benefits of
exercise training for quality of life in HIV/AIDS in the post-HAART era.
Sports Medicine 2004; 34(8):487-499.

Competing interests:
None declared