Delayed recovery of leg fatigue symptoms following a maximal exercise session in people with multiple sclerosis

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-148

  Dawes, Helen ^a   Collett, Johnny ^a   Meaney, Andy ^a   Duda, Joan ^b   Sackley, Cath ^c   Wade, Derick ^d   Barker, Karen ^a   Izadi, Hooshang ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

exercise; fatigue; MS; recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE RECOVERY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEG EXERCISE; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SYMPTOM;

EXERCISE; FATIGUE; MS; RECOVERY;

ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84892773416     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313503218     Document Type: Article

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