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Comparative efficacy of various exercise therapies for chronic fatigue syndrome: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Zhongxin Liao, Suhong Zhao, Sitong Fang, Jun Ren, Shoujian Wang, Lingjun Kong, Min Fang

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Article in iScience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Zhongxin LiaoDepartment of Tuina, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Suhong ZhaoDepartment of Tuina, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Sitong FangDepartment of Tuina, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Jun RenDepartment of Tuina, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Shoujian WangDepartment of Tuina, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Lingjun KongDepartment of Tuina, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Min FangDepartment of Tuina, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To systematically compare the effectiveness of different exercise therapies for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), we conducted a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials based on searches of nine databases up to February 19, 2025. The review included 25 randomized controlled trials, with 20 trials (

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PMID41467182
PMCPMC12744296

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