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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2025

The Use of Heart Rate Variability-Biofeedback (HRV-BF) as an Adjunctive Intervention in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CSF/ME) in Long COVID: Results of a Phase II Controlled Feasibility Trial.

Giulia Cossu, Goce Kalcev, Diego Primavera, Stefano Lorrai, Alessandra Perra, Alessia Galetti, Roberto Demontis, Enzo Tramontano, Fabrizio Bert, Roberta Montisci and 6 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Giulia CossuDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1245-016X
Goce KalcevDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0351-6577
Diego PrimaveraDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0009-0004-6335-003X
Stefano LorraiDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.
Alessandra PerraDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5791-1655
Alessia GalettiDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.
Roberto DemontisDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2306-9767
Enzo TramontanoDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4849-0980
Fabrizio BertDepartment of Public Health and Pediatrics Sciences, University of Torino, 10124 Torino, Italy.
Roberta MontisciDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.
Alberto MaleciDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.
Pedro José Fragoso CastillaPhD Program in Tropical Medicine, Universidad Popular del Cesar, Valledupar 200001, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0002-3437-8664
Shellsyn Giraldo JaramilloFaculty of Health, Universidad Popular del Cesar, Valledupar 200001, Colombia.
Peter K KurotschkaDepartment of General Practice, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3750-6147
Nuno Barbosa RochaCenter for Translational Health and Medical Biotechnology Research (TBIO), Health Research Network (RISE-Health), E2S, Polytechnic of Porto, R. Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 400, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3139-2786
Mauro Giovanni CartaDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0706-9687

Funding

Fondazione di Sardegna, Bando Salute Pubblica, Medicina Preventiva e Riabilitativa, 2022PNRR-PE13 INF-ACT "One Health Basic and Translational Research Actions addressing Unmet Needs on Emerging Infectious Diseases PE00000007 PNRR-PE13 INF-ACT
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME)feasibility studyheart rate variability biofeedback (HRV-BF)Long COVID

Identifiers

PMID40806985
PMCPMC12347631

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