Patients with myasthenia gravis often complain of a feeling of fatigue, sometimes severe and resistant at rest.
A study based on self-administered questionnaires answered by 779 adults with myasthenia gravis shows that their fatigue (assessed by the MFI-20 score) is more often “general” or “physical” and that its level turns out to be inversely correlated with that of physical activity (SGPALS scale). Other co-factors are involved, mainly the severity of the disease and the quality of sleep.
More than half (53%) of respondents say they are sedentary or have a low to moderate level of physical activity, below the recommendations of the World Health Organization, even though an adapted physical activity is recommended once the disease stabilized.
