INTRODUCTION Fatigue is a common and debilitating symptom in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Self-reported levels of perceived fatigue are associated with both patient characteristics and clinical measures. Pilot analysis indicated that muscle fatigability combined with depression scores was highly associated with perceived fatigue in patients with MS. Studies that combine physiological ...

BACKGROUND Fatigue is experienced by most patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and often is profoundly debilitating. No large-scale studies to our knowledge have examined circadian rhythm abnormalities in MS patients or the relationship of fatigue to circadian rhythms. OBJECTIVE To determine if patients with MS and fatigue have sleep disturbances or circadian rhythm abnormalities associated ...

AIMS To report a study conducted to examine the association between fatigue and Internet addiction among female hospital nurses. BACKGROUND The Internet provides unprecedented convenience for social interaction and information retrieval. Although excessive Internet use has been demonstrated to correlate with fatigue in adolescents, no studies have examined whether it is associated with fatigu...

BACKGROUND Fatigue, depression, and physical impairment are common among multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between depression, physical impairment, and fatigue in an Iranian MS cohort. METHODS Fifty consecutive relapsing-remitting MS patients and 50 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HCs) were recruited from Sina Rehabilitation Clini...

BACKGROUND Post-stroke fatigue (PSF) is a common complaint among stroke survivors and has significant impacts on recovery and quality of life. Limited tools that measure fatigue have been validated in stroke. AIM The purpose of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) in patients with stroke. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Teaching hos...

PURPOSE In this study, the authors examined the effect of hearing loss on subjective reports of fatigue in school-age children using a standardized measure. METHODS As part of a larger ongoing study, the authors obtained subjective ratings of fatigue using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Multidimensional Fatigue Scale ( Varni, Burwinkle, Katz, Meeske, & Dickinson, 2002). This...

Multiple Sclerosisis (MS) is a common demylinating disease of CNS that inflammation and stress oxidative processes have an important role in clinical courses and progression of it. Suppressing the antigen-presenting capacity of glial cells seems a convinient way of reducing inflammatory activity in MS. The aim of the present study was to determine the anti-inflamatory effects of Melatonin on fa...

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS), as an inflammatory autoimmune disease and chronic degenerative central nervous system degeneration, often occurs in early adulthood. One of the common and debilitating symptoms of this disease is fatigue, which can affect up to 80% of patients with MS. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of magnetic field therapy on fatigue in patients with MS. M...