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 r...

conclusions general fatigue and its subscales had a significant relationship with workplace physical trauma among miners. workplace physical trauma can be reduced by managing fatigue with different programs, including decreasing the workload, scheduling rest breaks at the facilities, and possibly providing welfare and entertainment opportunities for the workers. background fatigue may lead to o...

this paper reviews the current literature examining the pervasive symptom of fatigue experienced in three of the most common degenerative neurological conditions: multiple sclerosis (ms), parkinson’s disease (pd) and post-polio syndrome (pps). the existing literature can be considered under four headings definition and prevalence, type, cause, impact of fatigue. fatigue is a common symptom in d...

abstract aim and background: multiple sclerosis is a chronic neurological disorder which is more prevalent in women than men. therefore, the aim of present study was to evaluate the relationship physical functioning impairment (as criterion variable) with fatigue, psychological symptoms and body mass index (as predictive variables) in the women suffering from this disease. methods and materials...

background: multiple sclerosis (ms) is a neurological disease with fatigue as most prevalent symptom. psychopathological symptoms, physical and mental dysfunctions and body mass abnormalities potentially could deteriorate fatigue. thus, in this study, we aimed at evaluating the effect of these factors on fatigue severity of ms patients. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 162 patients with ...

Fibromyalgia is a condition characterized by chronic widespread muscle pain and fatigue. The primary objective of this study was to determine if pain, perceived cognitive fatigue, and perceived physical fatigue were enhanced in participants with fibromyalgia compared to healthy controls during a cognitive fatigue task, a physical fatigue task and a dual fatigue task. Twenty four individuals wit...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the relationship between physical performance and fatigue in child and adolescent cohorts during the first three cycles of chemotherapy. DESIGN Prospective, observational design. SETTING Two pediatric cancer centers in the upper Midwest region of the United States. SAMPLE 16 children and 14 adolescents newly diagnosed with cancer. METHODS Standardized instr...

OBJECTIVES It is suggested that serious levels of fatigue are present in nearly half of patients with OA. However, it is unclear which dimensions of fatigue are involved, if fatigue is related to pain and physical function, and if fatigue is influenced by therapy. The aims of this study were to measure levels of different dimensions of fatigue before and after evidenced-based conservative treat...

abstract background: although studies have demonstrated significant negative relationships between quality of life (qol), fatigue, and the most common psychological symptoms (depression, anxiety, stress), the main ambiguity of previous studies on qol is in the relative importance of these predictors. also, there is lack of adequate knowledge about the actual contribution of each of them in the ...