Lillebeth Larun

Lillebeth Larun is a researcher and health reviewer in Norway with an interest in chronic fatigue syndrome, and author of Cochrane Collaboration reviews for exercise therapy in patients with CFS.

Exercise therapy
Larun's PhD involved a number of aspects of research into chronic fatigue syndrome, mostly in regard to the effects of exercise; she concluded chronic fatigue syndrome patients found exercise both enjoyable and beneficial, provided that it was guided by them and flexible.

Controversy
Lillebeth Larun was lead author for the Cochrane review of exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome, which has faced extensive calls for retraction from both scientists and patients, particularly after the publication of the PACE trial data that the influenced the conclusions. In addition to scientific complaints made by professionals Robert Courtney, a patient with ME/CFS submitted a detailed critique of Larun et al's review, focusing on how the methodology did not meet the Cochrane Collaboration's strict requirements.

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