Reeves criteria

The Reeves criteria were proposed in a 2005 article in BMC Medicine. It is sometimes referred to as the Empirical Definition.

Criticism

 * Letter by Tom Kindlon criticising the criteria, "Criteria used to define chronic fatigue syndrome questioned", that was published in Psychosomatic Medicine


 * Blog Slightly Alive by Mary Schweitzer, "CDC Research on CFS: Open Deception"


 * There is no Post-exertional malaise symptom.

Petition
Petition with over 2600 signatures (as of February 2016) against the criteria.