Meta-Analysis Shows Blunted Heart Rate Contributes to Activity Intolerance in People with ME
The Workwell Foundation issued the press release below about its meta-analysis of 20 years of studies that shows “overwhelming evidence” of chronotropic incompetence in people with ME/CFS, which contributes to activity intolerance in people with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). A normal response to exercise is an increase in heart rate. Failure of the heart to keep pace with an