PMID- 22270195
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121005
LR  - 20140731
IS  - 1476-5624 (Electronic)
IS  - 1362-4393 (Linking)
VI  - 50
IP  - 6
DP  - 2012 Jun
TI  - Fatigue level in spinal cord injury AIS D community ambulatory subjects.
PG  - 422-5
LID - 10.1038/sc.2011.175 [doi]
AB  - STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVES: The objective of our study was 
      to determine the level of fatigue in ASIA impairment scale (AIS) D spinal cord 
      injury (SCI) in community ambulatory subjects and correlate fatigue with other 
      clinical symptoms. SETTING: Outpatient Rehabilitation Unit, FLENI Institute, 
      Escobar. Buenos Aires, Argentina. METHODS: We included twenty-six patients with 
      AIS D SCI that attended therapies at FLENI Institute between 2002 and 2009. We 
      measured the demographic and clinical characteristics of the subjects. All 
      patients were administered the fatigue severity scale (FSS). A cut-score for over 
      four was indicative of significant fatigue. We used the Spearman's coefficient 
      correlation to analyze associations among the FSS with pain (Visual analog 
      scale), depression (Beck depression inventory), and physical activity (hours per 
      week). RESULTS: The median score of the FSS scale was 2.82 (1-5). Fatigue was 
      found in 5 individuals (19.2%). There was a significant correlation between FSS 
      scale and the Beck questionnaire. No association was found between FSS and pain 
      or physical activity. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study suggest that fatigue 
      is a relevant problem for people with SCI AIS D, and is a disabling symptom when 
      present. There is a significant relationship between fatigue and depression. 
      SPONSORSHIP: FLENI Rehabilitation Institute.
FAU - Freixes, O
AU  - Freixes O
AD  - Physical Therapy Unit, FLENI Rehabilitation Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
      ofreixes@fleni.org.ar
FAU - Rivas, M E
AU  - Rivas ME
FAU - Agrati, P E
AU  - Agrati PE
FAU - Bochkezanian, V
AU  - Bochkezanian V
FAU - Waldman, S V
AU  - Waldman SV
FAU - Olmos, L E
AU  - Olmos LE
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120124
PL  - England
TA  - Spinal Cord
JT  - Spinal cord
JID - 9609749
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Depression/epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Fatigue/*epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Neuropsychological Tests
MH  - Pain Measurement
MH  - Residence Characteristics
MH  - Spinal Cord Injuries/*complications/*psychology
MH  - *Walking
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2012/01/25 06:00
MHDA- 2012/10/06 06:00
CRDT- 2012/01/25 06:00
PHST- 2012/01/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/01/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/10/06 06:00 [medline]
AID - sc2011175 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/sc.2011.175 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Spinal Cord. 2012 Jun;50(6):422-5. doi: 10.1038/sc.2011.175. Epub 2012 Jan 24.