Identifying (psycho)physiology-based subgroups in chronic fatigue syndrome and their relevance for rehabilitation KU Leuven
About 20 000 people in Belgium suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), a disorder characterized by persisting fatigue insufficiently explained by known medical or psychiatric conditions. Dysfunction of several (psycho)physiological systems, such as the stress response system (including the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and the autonomic nervous system), the immune system (systemic inflammation), and the central nervous system ...