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Focus on Fatigue

Year: 2026
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Fatigability—defined as the inability to sustain repetitive physical activities—is frequently reported by patients with facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD). Despite its clinical relevance, data on fatigability in childhood-onset FSHD are lacking. Fatigability has been demonstrated using the Endurance Shuttle Box and Block Test (ESBBT) for proximal arm muscles and the Endurance Shuttle Walk Test (ESWT) for leg muscles in spinal muscular atrophy. This exploratory cross-sectional study investigates the feasibility of the ESBBT and ESWT in detecting fatigability and evaluates the presence and characteristics of performance fatigability in children and young adults with childhood-onset FSHD.
DOI: 10.1212/wn9.0000000000000117
Authors: Jildou N. Dijkstra, Danny R. van der Woude, Ronne van Haaren-Pater, Roosmarijn Brenninkmeijer, Nicol C. Voermans, W. Ludo van der Pol, Bart Bartels, Corrie E. Erasmus
Institutions: Radboud University Nijmegen, Radboud University Medical Center, Amalia Kinderziekenhuis, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, University Medical Center Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital
Language: English
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7203904303
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