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Current neurological fatigue research suffers from a dual failure of brain and population diversity, which must be addressed through multimodal neuroimaging and diverse sampling to enable mechanism-based precision rehabilitation. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

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To examine how current research assesses fatigue in neurological conditions and outline a mechanism-stratified framework addressing brain and population diversity.

September 2, 2026Neurorehabilitation and neural repairOpen Access

Fatigue in Neurological Rehabilitation: Why Brain Diversity and Population Diversity Matter

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TRThorsten RudroffUniversity of Iowa

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Systematic review reveals widespread neglect of neural mechanisms and demographic diversity in neurological fatigue, highlighting the need for stratified precision rehabilitation.

Key Points

To examine how current research assesses fatigue in neurological conditions and outline a mechanism-stratified framework addressing brain and population diversity.
Systematically evaluated recent comprehensive reviews across multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, ME/CFS, and long COVID.
Assessed the prevalence of subjective questionnaire assessments versus functional neuroimaging and peripheral biomarkers, alongside demographic and geographic reporting.
Fatigue affects 50% to 90% of patients across multiple neurological conditions but is measured almost exclusively by questionnaires in 95% to 100% of studies.
Functional neuroimaging is used in fewer than 15% of studies, and cohorts predominantly feature Western European and North American populations with virtually absent demographic stratification.
Identical clinical fatigue scores conceal distinct underlying mechanisms—including basal ganglia hypometabolism, frontal dysfunction, and inflammatory network disruptions—that vary across diverse populations.

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Thorsten Rudroff (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e29ec562ede874ec6d2c https://doi.org/10.1177/15459683261481762

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September 2, 2026Neurorehabilitation and neural repairOpen Access

Fatigue in Neurological Rehabilitation: Why Brain Diversity and Population Diversity Matter

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Authors

TRThorsten RudroffUniversity of Iowa

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Overview

Systematic review reveals widespread neglect of neural mechanisms and demographic diversity in neurological fatigue, highlighting the need for stratified precision rehabilitation.

Key Points

To examine how current research assesses fatigue in neurological conditions and outline a mechanism-stratified framework addressing brain and population diversity.
Systematically evaluated recent comprehensive reviews across multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, ME/CFS, and long COVID.
Assessed the prevalence of subjective questionnaire assessments versus functional neuroimaging and peripheral biomarkers, alongside demographic and geographic reporting.
Fatigue affects 50% to 90% of patients across multiple neurological conditions but is measured almost exclusively by questionnaires in 95% to 100% of studies.
Functional neuroimaging is used in fewer than 15% of studies, and cohorts predominantly feature Western European and North American populations with virtually absent demographic stratification.
Identical clinical fatigue scores conceal distinct underlying mechanisms—including basal ganglia hypometabolism, frontal dysfunction, and inflammatory network disruptions—that vary across diverse populations.

Cite This Study

Thorsten Rudroff (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e29ec562ede874ec6d2c https://doi.org/10.1177/15459683261481762

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