Fatigue, mood and quality of life improve in MS patients after progressive resistance training.
Fatigue occurs in the majority of multiple sclerosis patients and therapeutic possibilities are few. Fatigue, mood and quality of life were studied in patients with multiple sclerosis following progressive resistance training leading to improvement of muscular strength and functional capacity. Fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale, FSS), mood (Major Depression Inventory, MDI) and quality of life (physical and mental component scores, PCS and MCS, of SF36) were scored at start, end and… Continue readingReducing Patient Barriers to Pain and Fatigue Management
Pain and fatigue are recognized as critical symptoms that impact the quality of life of cancer patients. The barriers to pain and fatigue relief have been classified into three categories: patient, professional, and system barriers. The overall objective of this trial as to test the effects of the “Passport to Comfort” intervention on reducing barriers to pain and fatigue management for ambulatory care cancer patients. This quasi-experimental, comparative… Continue readingQigong Ameliorates Symptoms of Chronic Fatigue: A Pilot Uncontrolled Study
The aim of this study is to assess whether qigong could be used to manage the symptoms of chronic fatigue. Eighteen Caucasian, British female participants were recruited, taught a qigong routine during weekly classes over 6 months, and asked to practice it daily for 15 min. Participants completed the core set of the RAND Medical Outcomes Study questionnaire (RAND… Continue reading
The Effects of a Neoprene Knee Sleeve on Subjects With a Poor Versus Good Joint Position Sense Subjected to an Isokinetic Fatigue Protocol.
Tiggelen, Damien Van; Coorevits, Pascal; Witvrouw, Erik
The aim of this study was to study whether neoprene knee sleeves have different effects on the joint position sense in locally fatigued subjects with good or poor proprioceptive acuity. 64 subjects underwent four consecutive assessments of the same active joint-repositioning test under different conditions (braced, nonbraced, fatigued, and nonfatigued). A three-way analysis of variance with repeated-measures design was conducted to investigate the… Continue reading
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