Management of Neuromuscular Fatigue

ISBN-13: 9783659169557 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 92 str.

Garima Gupta; Vaishnavi Shukla

Opis

Fatigue is a common and potentially debilitating symptom of neuromuscular disease. It has a major impact on peoples quality of life. To date no treatment has proven to be truly effective through evidence based medicine. Thus the therapist must use a multimodality approach in treating fatigue in patient with neuromuscular disease. Therapist managing the patient with neuromuscular fatigue should focus on finding ways for managing their life and to lessens the impact of fatigue. Key to the effective management of fatigue is accurate understanding of the physiological mechanisms responsible for it, identification of factors which may be contributing to it, and the central involvement of the individual and their family experiencing it.Exercises, activity pacing and assistive aids plays an important role in managing the patient with fatigue.

O autorze

Dr. Garima Gupta (PT) has obtained her MPT(Neurology) degree in 2010. She is a result oriented Physiotherapist Who give the best psychological relief along with her professional skills.She has published her books and research papers in international publications. Presently is working as researcher and an assistant professor in SCMAT,Kanpur, India