Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 9 , Pages 1213-1217 , September 2006

A Comparison of Fatigue Scales in Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome

Presented in part to the American Academy of Neurology, April 2005, Miami, FL.

  • Olavo M. Vasconcelos Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Olavo M. Vasconcelos Jr, MD, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bldg 53/Rm 101, Bethesda, MD 20814
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  • Olga A. Prokhorenko, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
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  • Kay F. Kelley, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
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  • Alexander H. Vo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
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  • Cara H. Olsen, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
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  • Marinos C. Dalakas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Neuromuscular Diseases Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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  • Lauro S. Halstead, MD

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience Department, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
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  • Bahman Jabbari, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
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  • William W. Campbell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

  • Image Result

    Distribution of scores on the (A) FSS, (B) VAS for fatigue, and (C) FIS for PPS subjects with disabling fatigue. Trend lines were calculated for each scale. Notice that the trend lines for the FSS and

    Distribution of scores on the (A) FSS, (B) VAS for fatigue, and (C) FIS for PPS subjects with disabling fatigue. Trend lines were calculated for each scale. Notice that the trend lines for the FSS and VAS for fatigue are above 50% of the scale value, whereas the FIS trend line dips below 50%.

  • Image Result
    Boxplots of average scores for the (A) FSS, (B) VAS for fatigue, and (C) FIS for PPS subjects with and without disabling fatigue. Borders on the boxes represent interquartile range with the lower bord

    Boxplots of average scores for the (A) FSS, (B) VAS for fatigue, and (C) FIS for PPS subjects with and without disabling fatigue. Borders on the boxes represent interquartile range with the lower borders representing the 25th percentile and the upper borders representing the 75th percentile.

 Supported by the Department of Defense (Health Affairs grant no. MDA 905-01-007).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00533-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.06.009

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 9 , Pages 1213-1217 , September 2006

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