Bogdanovska Nadezhda, Kalonova Iryna, Pozmogova Natalia. Management of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and the role of physical rehabilitation. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(4):929-939. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1470686 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6222 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26.01.2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Author (s) 2017; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 03.04.2017. Revised 10.04.2017. Accepted: 25.04.2017. Management of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and the role of physical rehabilitation Nadezhda Bogdanovska, Iryna Kalonova, Natalia Pozmogova Zaporizhzhya National University Abstract Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) leads to a decrease in ability to work, patients may not perform the usual operation, joins apathy, often develop depression, anxiety, hypochondria, disrupted social adaptation. Purpose: to consider the features of management of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and the role of physical rehabilitation in it. Methods of research: analysis of scientific literature, synthesis and generalization. Results. CFS has a number of features that need to be considered in the management of patients, and in the construction of physical rehabilitation programs. The problem of рost-exertional malaise is solved with the help of management of activity and distribution of rest throughout the day. Also in the management of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, it is important to pay attention to the formation of sleep hygiene and the use of physical rehabilitation to eliminate pain in the muscles and joints. Conclusions: Rehabilitation specialists or physical therapists should help patients adapt to life with CFS, teach patients to listen to their body, perform systematic exercises to avoid deconditioning. Keywords: chronic fatigue syndrome, exercise, massage, recovery, physical activity