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ArticleMuscle & nerve2025

Longitudinal relationships between free-living activities, fatigue, and symptom severity in myasthenia gravis using cohort and individualized models.

Hannah L Dimmick, Gordon Jewett, Lawrence W Korngut, Reed Ferber

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Hannah L DimmickHuman Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3323-3591
Gordon JewettCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8268-5677
Lawrence W KorngutCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Reed FerberHuman Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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Alberta Innovates-Health SolutionsCanadian Neuromuscular Disease RegistryNSERC CREATE Wearable Technology and Collaboration (We-TRAC) Training Program CREATE/511166-2292018University of Calgary
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INTRODUCTION/

aimsFluctuating symptoms and fatigue are common issues in myasthenia gravis (MG), but it is unclear if these symptoms are related to physical activity or sleep patterns. This study sought to determine the day-to-day relationship between patient-reported symptoms and physical activity and sleep over 12 weeks.

methodsSixteen participants with generalized MG wore a wrist-mounted accelerometer continuously for the study duration and reported their symptoms and fatigue each evening. Cumulative link mixed models were used to analyze whether clinical and demographic characteristics, physical activity, and sleep were related to symptom severity and fatigue over the study period. Three types of models were constructed: a cohort model, a model in which data was scaled to each participant, and individual models.

resultsThe cohort model indicated that higher disease severity, female sex, more comorbidities, less physical activity, more inactive time, and lower quantity of sleep were significantly associated with increased symptom severity and fatigue (p < .05). However, in the within-participant scaled model, there were almost no significant associations with physical activity or sleep. In the individual models, some participants showed similar results to the cohort model, but others showed no associations or the opposite response in some variables. DISCUSSION: While physical activity and sleep were associated with self-reported symptoms and fatigue within this population, this was not necessarily applicable to individuals. This demonstrates the importance of an individualized analysis for determining how physical activity and sleep may impact outcomes in MG, with implications for clinical and self-management.

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AccelerometryExerciseFatigueMyasthenia GravisSeverity of Illness IndexSleepActivities of Daily LivingAdultAgedCohort StudiesFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle Agedmyasthenia gravisneuromuscular diseasephysical activityremote monitoringwearable technology

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