A widely publicised technique for treating chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in children actually works, to the surprise of the researcher who conducted the first randomised controlled trial of it. The Lightning Process, developed by osteopath Phil Parker, has made bold claims that it can cure CFS in children. It is not available on the NHS, and costs around £620 (€702; $837) per case treated. Esther Crawley, professor of child health at the University of Bristol, runs a clinic for children with CFS. She conducted a randomised controlled trial comparing specialised medical care, of the sort her unit already provided, with the same care as well as the Lightning Process. “I never expected it would work,” she told a briefing at the Science Media Centre in London. But the trial, published in Archives of Disease in Childhood ,1 showed positive results. The …

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研究发现，对患有慢性疲劳的孩子进行培训比单独进行医疗更有效

实际上，一种广为宣传的治疗儿童慢性疲劳综合症（CFS）的技术行之有效，这一发现令进行了首次随机对照试验的研究人员感到惊讶。整骨疗法专家菲尔·帕克（Phil Parker）开发的“闪电工艺”（Lightning Process）大胆宣称可以治愈儿童的CFS。它在NHS上不可用，每例治疗的费用约为620英镑（702欧元； 837美元）。布里斯托大学儿童健康教授埃丝特·克劳利（Esther Crawley）为患有CFS的儿童开设了一家诊所。她进行了一项随机对照试验，比较了她所在单位已经提供的同类专业医疗服务，相同的医疗服务以及“闪电过程”。她在伦敦的科学媒体中心（Science Media Center）的简报中说：“我没想到它会起作用。但是该试验发表在《儿童疾病档案》上，1显示了积极的结果。