Tankisi, H. orcid.org/0000-0001-8495-9769, Versace, V., Kuppuswamy, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-4288-0814 et al. (1 more author) (2024) The role of clinical neurophysiology in the definition and assessment of fatigue and fatigability. Clinical Neurophysiology Practice, 9. pp. 39-50. ISSN 2467-981X
Abstract
Though a common symptom, fatigue is difficult to define and investigate, occurs in a wide variety of neurological and systemic disorders, with differing pathological causes. It is also often accompanied by a psychological component. As a symptom of long-term COVID-19 it has gained more attention. In this review, we begin by differentiating fatigue, a perception, from fatigability, quantifiable through biomarkers. Central and peripheral nervous system and muscle disorders associated with these are summarised. We provide a comprehensive and objective framework to help identify potential causes of fatigue and fatigability in a given disease condition. It also considers the effectiveness of neurophysiological tests as objective biomarkers for its assessment. Among these, twitch interpolation, motor cortex stimulation, electroencephalography and magnetencephalography, and readiness potentials will be described for the assessment of central fatigability, and surface and needle electromyography (EMG), single fibre EMG and nerve conduction studies for the assessment of peripheral fatigability. The purpose of this review is to guide clinicians in how to approach fatigue, and fatigability, and to suggest that neurophysiological tests may allow an understanding of their origin and interactions. In this way, their differing types and origins, and hence their possible differing treatments, may also be defined more clearly.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Fatigue; Fatigability; Neurophysiology; Electroencephalography; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Electromyography; Evoked potentials; Covid-19; Myalgic encephalomyelitis/ Chronic fatigue; syndrome |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biomedical Sciences (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2024 10:24 |
Last Modified: | 04 Apr 2024 10:24 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cnp.2023.12.004 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.cnp.2023.12.004 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:209801 |