Assessment and management of fatigue in neuromuscular disease

JS Lou, MD Weiss, GT Carter - American Journal of Hospice …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Fatigue is a common and potentially debilitating symptom of neuromuscular disease (NMD).
Studies show that patients with NMD subjectively report increased levels of fatigue …

Strength evaluation in neuromuscular disease

JD Cook, DS Glass - Neurologic Clinics, 1987 - neurologic.theclinics.com
Strength evaluation in neuromuscle disease is necessary to track the natural history of the
disease, to understand its pathophysiology, to determine the efficacy of treatment, and, most …

Disease burden in neuromuscular disease: the role of chronic pain

GT Carter, J Miró, RT Abresch… - Physical Medicine …, 2012 - pmr.theclinics.com
Neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) include a variety of conditions that affect components of a
motor unit, sensory and autonomic nerves, or their supportive structures, such as …

Assessment of pain and health-related quality of life in slowly progressive neuromuscular disease

RT Abresch, GT Carter, MP Jensen… - American Journal of …, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
Few studies have examined the effect of pain on the quality of life of individuals with slowly
progressive neuromuscular disease (NMD). The purpose of this study was to determine the …

Approaching fatigue in neuromuscular diseases

JS Lou - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics, 2005 - pmr.theclinics.com
Fatigue is common in many neurologic and nonneurologic conditions, such as
neuromuscular diseases, multiple sclerosis, depression, renal failure, pulmonary diseases …

Exercise in neuromuscular diseases

RT Abresch, GT Carter, JJ Han… - Physical Medicine and …, 2012 - pmr.theclinics.com
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Chronic pain in persons with neuromuscular disease

AJ Hoffman, MP Jensen, RT Abresch… - Physical Medicine and …, 2005 - pmr.theclinics.com
Pain historically has not been a focus of clinicians and researchers who study
neuromuscular diseases (NMDs). The available literature on NMDs gives scant mention to …

Physical therapy evaluation and management in neuromuscular diseases

LB Johnson, JM Florence… - Physical Medicine and …, 2012 - pmr.theclinics.com
NMDs are a group of myopathic or neuropathic diseases that directly or indirectly affect the
functioning of muscle. Myopathic diseases primarily result in muscular degeneration rather …

Neuromuscular diseases and rehabilitation

YP Demir - Neurological physical therapy, 2017 - books.google.com
Neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) are a heterogeneous group of diseases that are inherited
or acquired, resulting from an abnormality in the anterior horn motor cells, peripheral nerves …

Fatigue in neuromuscular disease

BG Van Engelen, JS Kalkman… - Nederlands Tijdschrift …, 2004 - europepmc.org
Chronic fatigue is a symptom of diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's and
cerebrovascular disease. Fatigue can also be present in people with no demonstrable …