In the aftermath of the Covid pandemia but also in the context of other mental and muscular diseases, fatigue is a core symptom and considered to be purely subjective, such as pain perception. However, there are a number of neurophysiological tools allowing to objectivate fatigue and localize the major system of dysfunction. Tankisi and others discuss systemically central and peripheral insults and how they can be picked up with EEG, ENMG, transcranial magnetic stimulation, evoked potentials or autonomic tests. For the treating neurologist and neurophysiologist, this comprehensive review is a “must” and allows to develop therapeutic strategies and predict the further course of the underlying disease.
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The Role of Clinical Neurophysiology in the definition and assessment of Fatigue and Fatigability
Volume 9 _ 2024