Lane, R J, Burgess, A P, Flint, J et al. · BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 1995 · DOI
This study looked at how people with ME/CFS respond to exercise and whether they experience psychiatric problems like depression or anxiety. Researchers examined whether exercise responses and psychiatric symptoms are connected in ME/CFS patients. The study helps clarify the relationship between physical symptoms and mental health in this condition.
Understanding whether psychiatric symptoms occur alongside ME/CFS or develop as a result of the illness is crucial for appropriate patient management and treatment planning. This study addresses an important clinical question about how psychiatric factors relate to the core physical symptoms of ME/CFS.
This observational study cannot establish whether psychiatric disorders cause abnormal exercise responses, result from them, or are independently occurring conditions. The study design does not prove causality and cannot determine whether psychiatric symptoms are primary features of ME/CFS or secondary consequences of chronic illness.
About the PEM badge: “PEM required” means post-exertional malaise was an explicit required diagnostic criterion for participant inclusion in this study — not that PEM was studied, observed, or discussed. Studies using criteria that do not require PEM (e.g. Fukuda, Oxford) are tagged “PEM not required”. How the atlas works →
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Primary citation
Lane, R J, Burgess, A P, Flint, J, Riccio, M, & Archard, L C (1995). Exercise responses and psychiatric disorder in chronic fatigue syndrome.. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.311.7004.544
BibTeX
@article{mecfsatlas-lane-1995-exercise-responses,
author = {Lane, R J and Burgess, A P and Flint, J and Riccio, M and Archard, L C},
title = {Exercise responses and psychiatric disorder in chronic fatigue syndrome.},
journal = {BMJ (Clinical research ed.)},
year = {1995},
doi = {10.1136/bmj.311.7004.544},
note = {PubMed: 7663210},
url = {https://www.mecfsatlas.com/evidence/lane-1995-exercise-responses},
}Atlas snapshot reference
ME/CFS Atlas. Generator v1 / Scanner v1.4 / policy v0.1. Accessed 2026-05-26. https://www.mecfsatlas.com/evidence/lane-1995-exercise-responses
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