Evaluation of Physical Exercise and Fatigue Sensation by CFSI. Cumulative Fatigue Symptoms Index.

Cumulative fatigue symptoms among caregivers in Japan.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship of cumulative fatigue symptoms among caregivers in Japan with work environment issues and lifestyle behaviors. METHODS The subjects were 376 women (mean age, 54 years) attending professional seminars for caregivers held between 1999 and 2002. After obtaining informed consent, a survey was conducted to ascertain work environment issues, lifestyle behav...

Stroke: Physical Fitness, Exercise, and Fatigue

1 School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, The University of Edinburgh, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, UK 2Stroke Division, Florey Neuroscience Institute, Melbourne, Australia 3Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Researsh Institute MOVE, VU University Medical Centre, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands 4Rudolf Magnus Institute, University Medical Cen...

Respiratory muscle fatigue limiting physical exercise?

Inspiratory muscle fatigue has been documented during loaded breathing or acute respiratory failure, but its role in exercise limitation is still undetermined. Electromyographic (EMG) signs of diaphragmatic fatigue develop in normal subjects hyperventilating above 70% of maximal voluntary ventilation (MVV), a ventilatory level commonly attained at peak exercise. EMG signs of diaphragmatic fatig...

Influence of exercise habits and physical fitness level on subjective fatigue symptoms in adolescent students

This study aimed to examine the influence of exercise habits and physical fitness level on subjective fatigue symptoms (SFS) in adolescent students. Four hundred and one healthy young male adults (age: 16.5 +/1.2 yr) participated in the physical fitness test of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan and responded to the questionnaire on exercise habits and S...

Fatigue and somatic symptoms.