Management of fatigue in persons with multiple sclerosis

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Khan, Fary ^a,b,c   Amatya, Bhasker ^a   Galea, Mary ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability; Fatigue; Multiple sclerosis; Rehabilitation outcomes; Symptomatic treatment

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ARMODAFINIL; MODAFINIL; PEMOLINE;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; AQUATIC EXERCISE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COOLING; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DYSKINESIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FATIGUE; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MINDFULNESS; MORNING DOSAGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NAUSEA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STOMACH PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAI CHI;

EID: 84907931766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00177     Document Type: Review

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