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ReviewJournal of neurology2024

Fatigue in multiple sclerosis: can we measure it and can we treat it?

John DeLuca

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Review in Journal of neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Data-Driven Fatigue Trajectories in Multiple Sclerosis and Their Predictors.Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation · 2026
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  4. Fatigue and contributing factors in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a descriptive study based on the comprehensive fatigue assessment battery for multiple sclerosis (CFAB-MS).Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

John DeLucaKessler Foundation, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ, 07052, USA. jdeluca@kesslerfoundation.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3745-4156

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fatigue is a common and debilitating symptom in multiple sclerosis (MS). However, after over 100 years of inquiry its definition, measurement and understanding remains elusive. This paper describes the challenges clinicians and researchers face when assessing and treating MS patients, as well as our understanding of neural mechanisms involved in fatigue. Challenges for the future are discussed.

Indexed as

FatigueMultiple SclerosisHumansCognitive fatigueFatigueMultiple sclerosis

Identifiers

PMID38967652
PMCPMC11377630

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