Cancer-Related Fatigue: Central or Peripheral?

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 587-596

  Yavuzsen, Tugba ^a   Davis, Mellar P ^a,b   Ranganathan, Vinoth K ^b   Walsh, Declan ^a,b   Siemionow, Vlodek ^b   Kirkova, Jordanka ^a   Khoshknabi, Dilara ^a   Lagman, Ruth ^a,b   LeGrand, Susan ^a,b   Yue, Guang H ^b  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; muscle fatigue; neuromuscular function; sustained elbow flexion; voluntary recruitment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELBOW FLEXION; ENDURANCE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING;

ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349731646     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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