The early days of chronic fatigue syndrome research; Clues to functional weakness mechanism

Summary: <p>In this first podcast of 2012 editor Matthew Kiernan talks about JNNP’s new impact commentaries - a series which will explore influential papers from the journal. A paper by Simon Wessely (King’s College London) comparing postviral fatigue with that of neuromuscular and affective disorders is the first covered, and he and Matthew discuss this seminal research.</p><p>Also, Jon Stone (University of Edinburgh) explains what his investigation into the nature of functional weakness onset indicates about the mechanism of the condition.</p><p>See also:</p><p>A MODERN PERSPECTIVE ON SOME OF THE MOST HIGHLY CITED JNNP PAPERS OF ALL TIME: The nature of fatigue: a comparison of chronic “postviral” fatigue with neuromuscular and affective disorders http://tinyurl.com/ajr665z</p><p>What is impact? http://tinyurl.com/ah23rze</p><p>Functional weakness: clues to mechanism from the nature of onset http://tinyurl.com/a8c6h33</p>