PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 5 , Pages 442-449 , May 2009

Fatigue in Post-poliomyelitis Syndrome: Association With Disease-Related, Behavioral, and Psychosocial Factors

  • Daria A. Trojan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, 3801 University St., Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B4, Canada†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: D.A.T.
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  • Douglas L. Arnold, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada‡
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  • Stan Shapiro, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada‡‡
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  • Amit Bar-Or, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada§
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  • Ann Robinson, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Jean-Pierre Le Cruguel, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada∥
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  • Sridar Narayanan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada#
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  • Maria C. Tartaglia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada§§
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  • Zografos Caramanos, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada⁎⁎
    • ,
  • Deborah Da Costa, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada††

Received 17 May 2008 ,Accepted 8 March 2009.

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 Disclosure Key can be found on the Table of Contents and at www.pmrjournal.org

 Supported by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, the Montreal Neurological Institute (salary support), and the Polio Quebec Association.

PII: S1934-1482(09)00255-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.03.003

PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 5 , Pages 442-449 , May 2009

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