Graded exercise therapy

Graded exercise therapy (GET) is a form of physical therapy for the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome where physical activity is gradually increased over time. It is controversial because of evidence of abnormal responses to exercise in CFS patients.

It is a treatment offered to ME/CFS patients in the UK in the National Health Service as a result of the PACE trial.

Patient Analysis of PACE Results
Graham McPhee and others created videos investigating the PACE trial data in relation to Graded Exercise Therapy.

Fear of exercise
The PACE trial investigators have stated that they believe a causal factor of the persistence of ME/CFS is fear of exercise. This claim as been criticized as unsupported by trial results.

Criticism
In 2010 at the Invest in ME Conference Doctor Paul Cheney said "The whole idea that you can take a disease like this and exercise your way to health is foolishness. It is insane".

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 * Wikipedia - Graded Exercise Therapy"