Overview
- Emphasises the importance of fatigue in MS
- Explains what is known about potential pathophysiological mechanisms
- Educates in terms of assessment and treatment
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Therapy
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About this book
Fatigue is a major symptom in patients with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) and is mainly responsible for unemployment, early retirement but also social withdrawal. This book combines reporting of actually existing scientific knowledge with guidance for clinical practice. As such the book helps health care professionals in all countries to better understand fatigue symptoms but also to help patients to better cope with them.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Professor Penner is a nationally and internationally renowned expert in the field of cognition and fatigue in MS. She developed the fatigue scale for motor and cognitive functions and published numerous scientific articles and book chapters. Professor Penner is a member of several professional and scientific societies. Her clinical and scientific focus is concentrated on cognitive processes and brain plasticity in neurodegenerative and inflammatory diseases of the human brain. From 2013 to 2015, she served as the President of the International MS Cognition Society.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis
Book Subtitle: Background, Clinic, Diagnostic, Therapy
Editors: Iris-Katharina Penner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13498-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: COGITO GmbH 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-13497-5Published: 02 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-13500-2Published: 03 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-13498-2Published: 01 January 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 200
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurology, Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, Neurosciences, Nursing