Introduction

Emer. Prof Warren Tate and Dr Lynette Hodges have been involved in researching ME/CFS for a number of years. Both are keen to support health professionals and others to update their understanding of this illness and to raise awareness of the treatments that are no longer considered appropriate. 

With these aims in mind, Tate and Hodges have prepared statements that cover: 

  • The widely accepted finding that exertion aggravates the debilitating symptoms of ME/CFS 

  • The biological basis for ME/CFS which shows disturbed physiology

  • The abnormal physiological response to exertion in ME/CFS

  • The global move away from Graded Exercise Therapy (GET).

Emeritus Professor Warren Tate - University of Otago

Statement ‘Global move away from ineffective therapies for ME/CFS’, 21 August 2021

Emeritus Prof Warren Tate (MSc (Well) PhD (Otago) FNZIC FRSNZ MA-PIMBN) is a professor of biochemistry at the University Of Otago, and has been involved in ME/CFS research since 2013.

Dr Lynette Hodges - Massey University

Statement ‘ME/CFS and Exercise’, 2 September 2021

Dr Lynette Hodges (PhD, MSc, BSc) is a senior lecturer at Massey University within the School of Sport, Exercise and Nutrition in Palmerston North.  

She teaches on the Bachelor of Sport and Exercise, Exercise Prescription major. Her main focus is exercise and compromised health. Dr Hodges has specialized in investigating the effects of exercise and its impact on mobility in individuals with spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Dr Hodges has been researching into the effects of exercise on ME/CFS for the last 6 years and has a number of publications within this area.