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A Rapid Scoping Review  \nShotaro TACHIBANA, PT, PhD Candidate,1,2 and Clémence Kiho BOURGEOIS YOSHIOKA, PT, PhD3  \n1)Department of Pediatrics Rehabilitation Medicine l’Escale, Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Bron, France  \n2)Trajectoires Team, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL), Bron, France  \n3)Department of Health Sciences, Medical School, Nagoya City University, Japan  \nABSTRACT. Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms encountered in rehabilitation and during physical therapy interventions. Although this phenomenon is known and experienced by everyone, its assessment is not straightforward. The lack of consensus on its definition, complex etiology, and multidimensional nature means that a large number of outcomes exist and continue to be reviewed. However, it seems essential that its assessment be better defined and standardized to understand the effects of physical therapy. To provide an initial exploratory overview, we conducted a rapid scoping review of the various fatigue assessments used in physiotherapy interventions or performed by physical therapists. A total of 139 articles published between 2020 and July 31, 2025 were included and explored. We found 43 different outcomes used across 46 population groups.  \nWhile the most well-known chronic conditions such as cancer, multiple sclerosis (MS), and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are representative, their assessment methods do not appear to be harmonized. These findings from the study support the idea that fatigue remains a complex phenomenon to assess. However, it appears that the lack of justification for the choice of an outcome prevents a better understanding of the reproducible effects on fatigue in physiotherapy interventions.  \nKey words: Fatigue, Physiotherapy, Physical therapist, Rehabilitation  \n(Phys Ther Res 28: 157–173, 2025)  \nIntroduction  \nFatigue is a conscious sensation experienced by all individuals. Due to its multidimensional nature, there is currently no universal definition of fatigue. Angelo Mosso, one of the pioneers in the physiological description of fatigue, had already observed the following relationship more than a century earlier: the brain and the muscles alter  \nReceived: August 19, 2025  \nAccepted: September 1, 2025  \nAdvance Publication by J-STAGE: November 15, 2025  \nCorrespondence to: Shotaro Tachibana. Department of Pediatrics Rehabilitation Medicine l’Escale, Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69500 Bron, France  \ne-mail: [shotaro.tachibana@chu-lyon.fr](shotaro.tachibana@chu-lyon.fr)  \n[doi: 10.1298/ptr.R0038](doi: 10.1298/ptr.R0038)  \nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.  \n©2025 Japanese Society of Physical Therapy  \ntheir function during exercise and that fatigue is predominantly an emotion, part of a complex regulation, whose role is to protect the body from harm1) . Although the etiology of fatigue is not yet well understood today, fatigue appears to be a universal phenomenon that can be experienced by any conscious individual. The global prevalence of general fatigue (fatigue lasting \u003C6 months, or fatigue of unspecified duration) is 20.4% in adults, 11.7% in minors, and 42.3% in specific occupations2) . In the medical field, one-fifth of family medicine patients present with fatigue, and onethird of adolescents report having fatigue at least 4 days per week3) . This observation leads us to an initial reflection. On the one hand, fatigue is a phenomenon already familiar to individuals in their daily lives. On the other hand, the onset of a health problem could cause certain aspects of fatigue to appear or become more pronounced. In other words, the gap between the fatigue already experienced by the individual and the fatigue caused by an illness remains poorly understood. While the causes are diverse and can be physiological an","cbCaidVwZGGcCyGt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidVwZGGcCyGt","pdf",3280253,17,"English","# Introduction\n# Materials and Methods","[{\"question\":\"Why is fatigue assessment challenging in physiotherapy interventions?\",\"answer\":\"Fatigue lacks a universal definition, has a complex etiology, and is multidimensional, resulting in many different outcomes being used and reviewed.\"},{\"question\":\"How many articles and outcomes were included in the rapid scoping review?\",\"answer\":\"The review included 139 articles published between 2020 and July 31, 2025, and found 43 different outcomes used across 46 population groups.\"},{\"question\":\"What concern did the review raise about outcome selection?\",\"answer\":\"The lack of justification for choosing specific outcomes may prevent a better understanding of reproducible effects of physiotherapy interventions on fatigue.\"}]","Take Fatigue or Fatigues into Account in Physiotherapy Interventions - A Rapid Scoping Review | PDF",1790742225,43]