ArticleJournal of health psychology2019
Deconstructing post-exertional malaise: An exploratory factor analysis.
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- Recent research in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: an evidence map.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Relationship between perceived fatigue and performance fatigability in people with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2017Pooled it
- Multimodal approach to identify neuropsychophysiological subgroups in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and their relevance for rehabilitation: protocol for a mechanistic cross-sectional and longitudinal study.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2026Article
- Postexertional Symptom Exacerbation after Submaximal Exercise in Individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2026Article
- Psychometric validation of the French Multidimensional Chronic Asthenia Scale (MCAS) in a sample of 621 patients with chronic fatigue.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Evaluating case diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): toward an empirical case definition.Disability and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Post-exertional malaise in daily life and experimental exercise models in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Separating Patients with SEID from Those with CFS in the French ME/CFS Association, with Some Thoughts on Nomenclature.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The development of an instrument to assess post-exertional malaise in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome.Journal of health psychology · 2021Article
- Leveraging Prior Knowledge to Recover Characteristic Immune Regulatory Motifs in Gulf War Illness.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- Assessment of Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM) in Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): A Patient-Driven Survey.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
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- Differences in ME and CFS Symptomology in Patients with Normal and Abnormal Exercise Test Results.International journal of neurology and neurotherapy · 2017Article
- Post-Exertional Malaise in Patients with ME and CFS with Comorbid Fibromyalgia.SRL neurology & neurosurgery · 2017Article
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Abstract
Post-exertional malaise is a cardinal symptom of myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome. There are two differing focuses when defining post-exertional malaise: a generalized, full-body fatigue and a muscle-specific fatigue. This study aimed to discern whether post-exertional malaise is a unified construct or whether it is composed of two smaller constructs, muscle fatigue and generalized fatigue. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted on several symptoms that assess post-exertional malaise. The results suggest that post-exertional malaise is composed of two empirically different experiences, one for generalized fatigue and one for muscle-specific fatigue.
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