TY - JOUR
T1 - Interventions for Posttraumatic Brain Injury Fatigue
T2 - An Updated Review
AU - Shuman-Paretsky, Melissa
AU - Gumber, Shinakee
AU - Dams-O’Connor, Kristen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer Science + Business Media New York.
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - Purpose of Review: To provide an updated review of empirical evidence in support of interventions for posttraumatic fatigue. Recent Findings: A total of 360 articles were published between January 22, 2014 and September 23, 2016 with nine meeting inclusion criteria. Articles included in this review provided further support for behavioral, pharmacological, and physical activity interventions for fatigue. Behavioral interventions remain popular, but studies directly targeting fatigue have not yet been undertaken. Pharmacological agents, particularly those using dopaminergic agents, showed potential but had mixed results. Interventions incorporating physical activity were promising but require more rigorous investigation. Summary: Despite promising results, there remains a need to replicate and further refine treatments using rigorous research designs and larger samples. Future studies should continue to more clearly define fatigue and use consistent subjective and objective endpoints that better capture this construct. Including imaging techniques would establish the effectiveness and mechanisms of interventions.
AB - Purpose of Review: To provide an updated review of empirical evidence in support of interventions for posttraumatic fatigue. Recent Findings: A total of 360 articles were published between January 22, 2014 and September 23, 2016 with nine meeting inclusion criteria. Articles included in this review provided further support for behavioral, pharmacological, and physical activity interventions for fatigue. Behavioral interventions remain popular, but studies directly targeting fatigue have not yet been undertaken. Pharmacological agents, particularly those using dopaminergic agents, showed potential but had mixed results. Interventions incorporating physical activity were promising but require more rigorous investigation. Summary: Despite promising results, there remains a need to replicate and further refine treatments using rigorous research designs and larger samples. Future studies should continue to more clearly define fatigue and use consistent subjective and objective endpoints that better capture this construct. Including imaging techniques would establish the effectiveness and mechanisms of interventions.
KW - Fatigue
KW - Intervention
KW - PTBIF treatment
KW - Posttraumatic brain injury fatigue: PTBIF
KW - Review
KW - Traumatic brain injury
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089562540&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s40141-017-0147-8
DO - 10.1007/s40141-017-0147-8
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85089562540
SN - 2167-4833
VL - 5
SP - 12
EP - 21
JO - Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports
JF - Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports
IS - 1
ER -