European Neurology· 2014Q2· Review
Post-Stroke Fatigue: Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics and Treatment
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Short summary
Fatigue is a common, disabling, and persistent symptom in stroke survivors, significantly worsening outcomes and predicting mortality.
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Key points
- Fatigue is a frequent and persistent symptom after stroke.
- It is a multidimensional experience (motor, perceptive, emotional, cognitive).
- Post-stroke fatigue is a predictor of death.
- Better understanding is needed for effective physician treatment.
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Abstract
Fatigue is a disabling and persistent symptom affecting many stroke survivors and is a predictor for death after stroke onset. Post-stroke fatigue is a multidimensional motor-perceptive, emotional and cognitive experience that has become of interest for stroke researchers only in the recent past. More studies are still needed to understand the pathophysiology, clinical characteristics, associated factors and best treatment strategy. The aim of this narrative review was to provide a comprehensive knowledge, from current literature, regarding the epidemiology, clinical characteristics and treatment of fatigue in order to provide physicians with better tools for treating this debilitating symptom that worsens outcome.
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