Poststroke fatigue: an emerging, critical issue in stroke medicine

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 328-336

  Choi Kwon, Smi ^a   Kim, Jong S ^b,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Behavior; Depression; Fatigue; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTIANEMIC AGENT; FLUOXETINE; MODAFINIL; PLACEBO; TIRILAZAD;

APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BREATHING DISORDER; CHALDER FATIGUE SCALE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENCEPHALITIS; FATIGUE; FATIGUE ASSESSMENT SCALE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIGUE SYMPTOM INVENTORY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTSTROKE FATIGUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; STROKE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BRAIN; FATIGUE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; STROKE;

EID: 79960282407     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00624.x     Document Type: Review

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