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ArticleNature communications2025

Altered effort and deconditioning are not valid explanations of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.

Todd E Davenport, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Mark A Zinn, Mary Dimmock, Janet Stone, Karl J Tronstad, Øystein Fluge, Jonas Bergquist, Staci R Stevens, David Tuller and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. An Overview of Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Todd E DavenportDepartment of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, USA. tdavenport@pacific.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5772-7727
Carmen ScheibenbogenInstitute for Medical Immunology of the Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8554-9638
Mark A ZinnDepartment of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Mary DimmockPatient Advocate, Waterford, CT, USA.
Janet StoneInnova Consulting and Advocacy, Colorado Springs, CO, USA.
Karl J TronstadDepartment of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Øystein FlugeThe Cancer Clinic, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Jonas BergquistDepartment of Chemistry, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4597-041X
Staci R StevensWorkwell Foundation, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
David TullerCenter for Global Public Health, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Uta BehrendsMunich Chronic Fatigue Center for Young People (MCFC), TUM School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
J Mark Van NessWorkwell Foundation, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
Mark A VinkIndependent Researcher, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1079-5647
Luis NaculFaculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID41107289
PMCPMC12534454

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