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An increase in the severity of these symptoms is described following physical or mental exercise in ME\/CFS patients. Another important symptom of ME\/CFS is orthostatic intolerance, which can be detected by head-up tilt testing (HUT). The effect of HUT on PEM has not been studied extensively. For this purpose, we assessed numeric rating scales (NRS) for pain, fatigue, and concentration pre- and post-HUT. As pain is a core symptom in fibromyalgia (FM), we subgrouped ME\/CFS patients by the presence or absence of FM.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods and Results:<\/jats:bold> In eligible ME\/CFS patients who underwent HUT, NRS of pain, fatigue, and concentration were obtained pre-HUT, immediately after HUT, at 24 and 48 h, and at 7 days posttest. We studied 174 ME\/CFS patients with FM, 104 without FM, and 30 healthy controls (HC). Values for all symptoms were unchanged for HC pre- and post-HUT. Compared with pre-HUT, the three NRS post-HUT were significantly elevated in both ME\/CFS patient groups even after 7 days. NRS pain was significantly higher at all time points measured in the ME\/CFS patients with FM compared with those without FM. 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