Petition to make Cochrane withdraw harmful 2019 Exercise therapy for CFS review
This petition is aiming for the withdrawal of a 2019 Cochrane article about GET for CFS, claiming in the conclusion that "Exercise therapy probably has a positive effect on fatigue in adults with CFS compared to usual care or passive therapies." Cochrane said they had intention to update the review after recieving criticism, but now, 5 years later, is claiming there is "insufficient new research in the field and a lack of resources to oversee this work." The initial review already uses insufficient data to draw it's conclusions, where it seems no study reports of side effects and most don't report on quality of life. There is already a new study with 241 participants age 8-17, showed "There was no evidence that GET(graded exercise therapy) was more effective or cost-effective than AM(activity management) in this setting, with very limited improvement in either study group evident by the 6-month or 12-month assessment points."