Active clinical trials for "Fatigue"

This is a randomized, placebo controlled study in cancer patients reporting fatigue persisting for at least two months following completion of chemotherapy. Subjects will receive 6 weeks of either acupuncture or placebo treatment as a means of evaluating whether acupuncture reduces chronic fatigue after chemotherapy.

The efficacy and safety of cancer patients in patients with gastrointestinal cancer (Palliative care) in patients with gastrointestinal tumor (chemotherapy) were prospectively, randomized blind, multicenter clinical trials. They were randomly divided into 2 groups, test group Shenqifuzheng injection of 500 ml, the control group 0.9% sodium chloride injection, 500 ml, intravenous drip, 1 times a day, 14 days post, rest is 7 days, 21 days each for a period of treatment, observation of two procedures. At the same time, according to the NCCN guide and the health ministry issued the diagnosis and treatment guidelines for cancer treatment. The main curative effect of the clinic was to evaluate the pretreatment of cancer due to the fatigue score of the patients before and after treatment -- the Piper fatigue revision scale was used to evaluate the Chinese version. Assess effectiveness and safety based on clinical assessment

The efficacy and safety of cancer patients in patients with gastrointestinal cancer (chemotherapy) in patients with gastrointestinal tumor (chemotherapy) were prospectively, randomized blind, multicenter clinical trials. They were randomly divided into 2 groups, test group Shenqifuzheng injection of 500 ml, the control group 0.9% sodium chloride injection, 500 ml, intravenous drip, 1 times a day, 7 days post, rest is 14 days, 21 days each for a period of treatment, observation of two procedures. At the same time, according to the NCCN guide and the health ministry issued the diagnosis and treatment guidelines for cancer treatment. The main curative effect of the clinic was to evaluate the pretreatment of cancer due to the fatigue score of the patients before and after treatment -- the Piper fatigue revision scale was used to evaluate the Chinese version. Assess effectiveness and safety based on clinical assessment

Fatigue is a common symptom in multiple sclerosis (MS) that is characterized by physical and/or mental exhaustion. Fatigue is difficult to treat and treatment efficacy of available therapy is limited. The goal of this study is to determine whether MS-associated fatigue improves after 6 weeks of methylphenidate therapy. Treatment efficacy will be measured by a questionnaire called "Fatigue Severity Scale" (FSS).

Muscle fatigue is caused by biochemical changes that modify the mechanics of muscle contraction, which result in negative changes in the performance of the contraction. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of LLLT on brachial biceps muscle fatigue in healthy individuals and individuals with spastic hemiparesis. The study will consist of three groups (Control Group, Placebo Group and LLLT Group) and all individuals will go through all groups, following the criteria of randomization. The protocol consists of LLLT application in the dominant side brachialis muscle in healthy subjects and on the hemiparetic side of post-stroke individuals, prior to performing the Isometric Maximum Voluntary Contraction (IMVC) for 50 seconds in the isokinetic dynamometer. Will be evaluated pain, myoelectric activity associated with muscular torque, local temperature and blood lactate concentration.

Cancer related fatigue (CRF) is the most debilitating problem for patients with haematological cancer. CRF severely reduces quality of life (QoL), functional capacity, impacts health behavior, recovery and furthermore no approved treatment exists. In solid cancer methylphenidat (MTP) has been suggested to improve CRF, however patients with haematological cancer has not been studied. The current randomized placebo controlled study includes a variety of severely fatigued haematological cancer patients from seven Danish departments. It aims at revealing whether MTP can improve CRF, functional capacity and QoL thereby hopefully providing improvement and treatment options in this field where improvements are requested the most by patients. Patients are randomized to treatment with MTP or placebo week 1-6 followed by "wash-out" and cross-over - placebo to MTP or vice versa - during week 8-13. End-points will be patient reported fatigue, as well as improvements in active hours, functional capacity, and QoL.

Competitive soccer engages many of the body's systems to a major extent. The musculoskeletal, nervous, immune and metabolic systems are stressed to a point where recovery strategies post-exercise become influential in preparing for the next match. Recovery from exercise can be an important factor in performance during repeated bouts of exercise. In a tournament situation, where athletes may compete numerous times over a few days, enhancing recovery may provide a competitive advantage. Recent work has highlighted that the aim of most recovery interventions is to return psychological, physiological, and performance variables to the 'pre-exercise' level or to baseline conditions identified in the absence of fatigue. The post-exercise cold water immersion (CWI) through its primary ability to decrease tissue temperature and blood flow, is purported to facilitate recovery by ameliorating hyperthermia and subsequent alterations to the central nervous system (CNS), reducing cardiovascular strain, removing accumulated muscle metabolic by-products, attenuating exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) and improving autonomic nervous system function. All these alterations provoke important physiological changes for the recovery of the athlete. Scientific evidence for other strategies reviewed in their ability to accelerate the return to the initial level of performance is still lacking. These include active recovery, stretching, compression garments, massage and electrical stimulation. While this does not mean that these strategies do not aid the recovery process, the protocols implemented up until now do not significantly accelerate the return to initial levels of performance in comparison with a control condition. Among these new strategies, Photobimodulation therapy - PBMT using low-level laser therapy (LLLT) and light-emitting diode therapy (LEDT) has been the focus of important research insights science in recent years. The PBMT has been used to increase muscle performance and reduces muscle fatigue signals. The mechanism proposed for the use of PBMT in sports and exercise is the increase in cytochrome c-oxidase in skeletal muscle fibers that lead to upregulation of mitochondrial activity, which increases ATP production promoting more energy for the muscle and decreases oxidative stress and reactive oxygen species production. Considering that the consented CWI is already used with good results in soccer athletes, however it has some drawbacks such as the time of application and the inconvenience caused by the application of cold and the new possibilities presented in the literature of the use of PBMT we propose to carry out this study. To address these issues, the present study aims to investigate and analyze biological markers on oxidative stress and muscle damage in soccer athletes after a match submitted to recovery strategies through CWI and PBMT

The aim of this study is to examine the clinical effect of laser acupuncture on improving cancer-related fatigue

Background: Immersive virtual reality (VR) technology is used by researchers to measure how people respond to complex stimuli in a controlled environment. Cognitive fatigue (CF) can result in serious consequences such as mistakes and accidents. Researchers want to see if VR can be used to learn more about CF. Objective: To test the user experience of a VR program designed to study individual differences in the susceptibility to develop CF in healthy people while performing activities of daily living. Eligibility: Healthy adults ages 18-75 from the Washington Metropolitan area Design: Participants will be screened with questions about their health and medical history. The VR program simulates a real-world grocery shopping environment. Participants will be given a shopping task. Participants will be seated. They will wear a head-mounted display (HMD) for 1.5 hours. The device is worn on the head. It presents images to the eyes. Eye-tracking data may be collected through the HMD. The following will happen in the VR environment: Participants will be seated at a kitchen table. They will complete a pillbox task 2 times. Participants will be placed in a small grocery store. They will be trained how to use the controllers to shop. Participants will appear to be seated in front of a screen. They will be shown how to answer questions about how tired they feel and if the tasks are hard to do. Participants will be placed in a large grocery store. They will complete a shopping task. Participants will complete surveys. They will also answer questions about the VR experience. Participants will have 1 or 2 study visits. It will last 3-4 hours total.

Overloading is a key training principle used by athletes and coaches to improve physical performance. Intensified training periods are therefore commonly incorporated into the course of a regular training season. From a clinical point of view, very intense periods of training are associated with a temporary immunological deficiency which can lead to teh "overreaching syndroms". During periods of overreaching, nutritional strategies are mainly aimed at ensuring sufficient amounts of energy to support the increase in effort. However less is known about nutritional supplements to attenuated the inflammatory/immunological response to training stress. Probiotic bacteria are defined as live food ingredients beneficial to the host's health. Numerous health benefits have been attributed to probiotics, including effects on gastrointestinal tract function and disease, immune function, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and allergic conditions. Studies in the literature on the ergogenic effect of probiotics in athletes are still scarce today. this study aims to explore the potential role of probiotics on performance, recovery from fatigue and immune function during intensive period of training.