Study population
FM
SECONDARY, RECRUITMENT
In total, 38 women with FM and 28 age-matched healthy female controls participated in the exercise test. Of these participants, 35 women with FM, aged 23 to 65 years, and 23 controls completed the test without any technical issues in data recording and were included in the study. The secondary analysis, aiming to identify factors affecting exercise effort, included all 38 women with FM (Fig. Flowchart of participant recruitment