Graded Exercise Therapy? No Thank You!

I have created a slide series (below)  to give a quick over view of the problem with graded exercise advice for ME patients given in NICE guidelines (UK).

M.E. patients & the problem with NICE advice on exercise from Sally Burch

Update 2016 - This paper  by Mark Vink shows that data from the PACE trial itself, shows that there are no real benefits to either CBT or GET:
The PACE Trial Invalidates the Use of Cognitive Behavioral and Graded Exercise Therapy in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Review

Live links for the slides:

Slide 2     http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg53/chapter/1-recommendations

Slide 6     http://ptjournal.apta.org/content/early/2013/06/26/ptj.20110368.short

Slide 7     http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/fitness/Pages/whybeactive.aspx

Slide 9     http://sallyjustme.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/WhyNOTexercise.html

Slide 10    http://www.meassociation.org.uk/2015/05/23959/

Slide 13     *http://www.forward-me.org.uk/25th%20June%202014.htm

Slide 16    ICC & CCC  

Slide 17    http://iacfsme.org/PDFS/Reporting-of-Harms-Associated-with-GET-and-CBT-in.aspx

https://niceguidelines.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/twisk-maes-cbt1.pdf

Direct link to the YouTube video:

Other posts I've written in relation to exercise and ME:

"Play-Up & Lay-Up" not "Boom & Bust" Sept 2014
Rhythm+ and Endomondo: HR monitoring for ME Aug 2014
The Exercise Catch 22! Jul 2014
ME Awareness - Why NOT Exercise? May 2014
A few notes on using a HR Monitor for Pacing Feb 2014
The Dilemmas of Exercise and M.E.  Dec 2013