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'''Aggressive rest therapy''' or '''ART''' is a behavioral treatment developed for [[ME/CFS]] involving choosing to rest, even at times when the person has enough energy that they feel able to do some activity.<ref name="Fisher2009">{{Cite book | title = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Comprehensive Guide to Symptoms, Treatments, and Solving the Practical Problems of CFS | pages = 51|isbn=978-0-446-56749-7|edition= | volume = |language=en| title-link = | url = https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wX83AQAAQBAJ&newbks=0&lpg=PT51&pg=PT51#v=onepage|access-date= | date = 2009-09-26| publisher = Grand Central Publishing | last = Fisher | first = Gregg Charles | author-link = | last2 = Cheney | first2 = Paul R. | author-link2 = Paul Cheney | last3 = Gantz | first3 = Nelson M. | author-link3 = Nelson Gantz | last4 = Klonoff | first4 = David C. | author-link4 = | last5 = Oleske | first5 = James M. | author-link5 = James Oleske|veditors=|others=|doi=|oclc=|quote=|archive-url=|archive-date=|location=|editor-last = |editor-first = | editor1-link = |editor-last2 = |editor-first2 = }}</ref> Gregg Fisher, who coined the term Aggressive Rest Therapy<ref name="MEChronicle34">{{Citation | pages = 52-53 | issue = 32 | date =June 2019| publisher = ME Global Chronicle | title = Using A Heart Rate Monitor & ME-”Exercise” Resources | last = Play | first = Leela | url = https://let-me.be/request.php?50}}</ref> describes it has: {{Quote frame|The concept of ART is not just to rest when you feel horribly ill or even merely to eliminate "pushing." This is a program of aggressive rest. Even when you feel you have a little energy, you should rest. | author=Gregg Fisher | title = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Comprehensive Guide to Symptoms, Treatments, and Solving the Practical Problems of CFS}} ==Theory== Aggressive rest therapy was devised by the father of an adult patient with ME/CFS, based on the observation that activity made patients worse, medication and experimental treatments were not a cure, and only rest seemed to make symptoms less severe.<ref name="Fisher2009" /> It was thought that rest may not only lessen symptoms but may be a potential cure for ME/CFS.<ref name="Fisher2009" /> Gregg Fisher states that he and his wife had both spent considerable energy seeking out and trying experimental treatments, and the energy spent on this had not allowed them time to rest.<ref name="Fisher2009" /> ==Evidence== No clinical trials have been conducted on the effectiveness of aggressive rest therapy. Only very limited accounts of individual patient experiences exist.<ref name="Casanova2015">{{Cite web | url = https://www.massmecfs.org/more-resources-for-me-cfs/73-recovering-from-cfids | title = Recovering from ME/CFS | date = December 1, 2015 | first = Kenneth | last = Casanova}}</ref> ==Risks and safety== ==Costs and availability== Free. No equipment is needed. ==See also== *[[Post-exertional malaise]] *[[Exercise]] *[[Graded exercise therapy]] ==Learn more== ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Potential treatments]] [[Category:Management strategies]]
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