Abstract
Many patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) experience excessive fatigue, which may persist for years and reduce quality of life. The authors performed a 12-week study of bicycle exercise training in 20 patients with severe fatigue, 16 with relatively good recovery from GBS, and 4 with stable CIDP. Training seemed well tolerated, and self-reported fatigue scores decreased 20% (p = 0.001). Physical fitness, functional outcome, and quality of life were improved.
Publication types
-
Clinical Trial
-
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
-
Adult
-
Aged
-
Anxiety / etiology
-
Anxiety / prevention & control
-
Bicycling
-
Depression / etiology
-
Depression / prevention & control
-
Exercise Test
-
Exercise Therapy*
-
Fatigue / etiology
-
Fatigue / prevention & control*
-
Fatigue / psychology
-
Feasibility Studies
-
Female
-
Guillain-Barre Syndrome / complications
-
Guillain-Barre Syndrome / psychology
-
Guillain-Barre Syndrome / rehabilitation*
-
Humans
-
Male
-
Middle Aged
-
Oxygen Consumption
-
Physical Fitness*
-
Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / complications
-
Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / psychology
-
Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / rehabilitation*
-
Quality of Life
-
Severity of Illness Index
-
Treatment Outcome