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=== More than just fatigue and pain === Few instruments have assessed PEM adequately. The [[CDC 2005 Symptom Inventory for CFS|CDC symptom inventory]] for example, only asks about fatigue after exertion, while PEM entails much more than that. An [[Australia|Australian]] group at the University of New South Wales tried to better define PEM, using 19 ME/CFS patients after exposure to different stressors.<ref name="Keech2015">{{Cite journal | last = Keech | first = Andrew | last2 = Sandler | first2 = Carolina X. | last3 = Vollmer-Conna | first3 = Ute | last4 = Cvejic | first4 = Erin | last5 = Lloyd | first5 = Andrew R. | last6 = Barry | first6 = Benjamin K. | date = Dec 2015 | title = Capturing the post-exertional exacerbation of fatigue following physical and cognitive challenge in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26359713|journal=Journal of Psychosomatic Research|volume=79|issue=6 | pages = 537β549|doi=10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.08.008|issn=1879-1360|pmid=26359713}}</ref> Participants indicated that the term fatigue did not adequately describe the sensation they experienced on a daily basis. A word frequency analysis of descriptors nominated by these patients indicated 5 themes: # Exhausted or tired. # Heaviness in the limbs or whole-body. # Fogginess in the head. # Weakness in the muscles. # Drained of energy.
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