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This study investigated anecdotal reports of gait and balance abnormalities in subjects with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) by examining the effects of a light exercise test on postural sway and various gait parameters. Tests were performed on 11 CFS patients and 11 age- and sex-matched sedentary controls. Results demonstrated that postural sway was not significantly different in both groups before or after the exercise test. There were, however, significant differences in gait parameters between the two groups confirming anecdotal evidence, but these differences were not exacerbated by the exercise test. Heart rate responses demonstrated that both groups were exercising at similar loads, although this was perceived to be higher by the CFS group.
Gait Posture 2001 Jul
PMID:The effect of exercise on gait and balance in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. 1137 21

The purpose of this study was to develop and test a generic technique to robustly quantify the pattern of sedentary behaviour from objective records. The technique was applied to four groups of subjects: a healthy group with an active occupation (N=54), a healthy group with a sedentary occupation (N=53), a group of subjects with chronic low back pain (N=5) and a group of subjects with chronic fatigue syndrome (N=14). This study presents the first evidence that bouts of sedentary activity are power law distributed. Results showed that there was no significant difference in total sedentary time between the groups, however, the patterns of accumulation of sedentary time were significantly different for the groups. Sedentary groups accumulated their total sedentary time from a small number of longer sedentary bouts. Active groups tended to break their sedentary time into a greater number of shorter bouts. This suggests that the power law exponent alpha and the GINI index G, used to describe the pattern of accumulation of sedentary time, could be used to evaluate and quantify sedentary behaviour.
Gait Posture 2010 Jan
PMID:Methods for objective measure, quantification and analysis of sedentary behaviour and inactivity. 1985 51