Changes in the Allostatic Response to Whole-Body Cryotherapy and Static-Stretching Exercises in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients vs. Healthy Individuals

This study represents a comparison of the functional interrelation fatigue and cognitive, cardiovascular autonomic nervous systems in group Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) patients compared with those healthy individuals at different stages analysis: baseline after changes induced by whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) combined static-stretching (SS) program. The included 32 (Fukuda criteria) 18 controls. Fatigue, function arterial stiffness were measured before 10 sessions WBC SS. In patients, disturbance homeostasis was observed. network relationship based on differences intervention showed comparatively higher stress eccentricity CFS group: 50.9 ± 56.1 vs. 6.35 8.72, p = 0.002, r 0.28; 4.8 0.7 2.4 1, < 0.001, 0.46, respectively. Before intervention, increased related to baroreceptor function, turn aortic stiffness, but no such relationships observed control group. Differences structure underlying among four criteria both groups, ten whole static stretching exercise.