Myoelectrical manifestation of fatigue less prominent in patients with cancer related fatigue

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Kisiel Sajewicz, Katarzyna ^a,c   Siemionow, Vlodek ^a   Seyidova Khoshknabi, Dilara ^b   Davis, Mellar P ^b   Wyant, Alexandria ^a   Ranganathan, Vinoth K ^a   Walsh, Declan ^b   Yan, Jin H ^d,e   Hou, Juliet ^a   Yue, Guang H ^a,f  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^d SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 84894229352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083636     Document Type: Article

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