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Fatigue in persons with subacute spinal cord injury who are dependent on a manual wheelchair.
Trial report in Spinal cord, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Relationship between pain, fatigue, and physical activity levels during a technology-based physical activity intervention.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2021Article
- The Relationship between Physical Activity Levels and Mental Health in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury in South Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Fatigability during volitional walking in incomplete spinal cord injury: cardiorespiratory and motor performance considerations.Neural regeneration research · 2018Article
- Fatigability, oxygen uptake kinetics and muscle deoxygenation in incomplete spinal cord injury during treadmill walking.European journal of applied physiology · 2017Article
- The course of fatigue after acute spinal cord injury.Spinal cord · 2017Article
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Abstract
STUDY
designCross-sectional.
objectivesTo determine the prevalence and severity of fatigue in persons with subacute spinal cord injury (SCI), assess whether demographic and lesion characteristics are related to fatigue and determine the relationship with physical fitness and physical behavior.
settingMeasurements were performed 2 months before discharge from inpatient rehabilitation.
methodsThirty-six persons with subacute SCI, dependent on a manual wheelchair, mean age 43±15 and 83% men, completed the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS). FSS scores >4 indicated fatigue. We recorded age and lesion characteristics, measured body mass index, measured peak power output and peak oxygen uptake during a maximal handcycling test and determined physical behavior using an accelerometer-based activity monitor. T-tests were used to test for differences in fatigue between subgroups based on age and lesion characteristics, and regression analyses to assess the relationship with physical fitness and physical behavior.
resultsMean FSS was 3.3±1.3. Fatigue, including severe fatigue, was prevalent in 31% (95% confidence interval: 16-46) of participants compared with 18% in the general population. Furthermore, mean fatigue was significantly higher in persons with incomplete compared with complete lesions (t=2.22, P=0.03). Mean scores between other subgroups did not differ significantly. Of the physical fitness and physical behavior measures, only peak oxygen uptake tended to be related to more fatigue (B=-1.47, P=0.05).
conclusionFatigue was prevalent and is of concern in persons with subacute SCI. Those with incomplete lesions seem to be at higher risk. Because fatigue is known to persist among persons with SCI, interventions to reduce fatigue seem necessary.
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