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An Organic Cause for Perceived Muscle Weakness Thangavelu Senthilvelkumar1, Thamaraiselvan Aravindan1, Ajith Sivadasan2 doi:10.17659/01.2020.0027 Journal of Case Reports 2020;10(2):103-106 An Organic Cause for Perceived Muscle Weakness Thangavelu Senthilvelkumar1, Thamaraiselvan Aravindan1, Ajith Sivadasan2 1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; 2Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nadu, India. Corresponding Author: Abstract Mr. Thangavelu Senthilvelkumar Email: [email protected] Background: Although neurological conditions present with specific clinical patterns, practitioners often encounter patients with vague symptom complexes. Delayed This is an Open Access article distributed diagnosis and unnecessary medications can lead to iatrogenic effects and poor prognosis. under the terms of the Creative Commons Case Report: This paper reports a 21-year-old girl who perceived right upper extremity Attribution License (creativecommons.org/ monoplegia following a trauma, which did not fit into the traditional neurological licenses/by/3.0). diagnosis. Her movement patterns during physiotherapy were suggestive of the central Received : March 29, 2020 fatigue related reduction of function. Focused behavioral neuro-rehabilitation approach Accepted : May 9, 2020 based training helped her to regain her upper extremity function. Conclusion: Central Published : May 20, 2020 fatigue may be considered as a differential diagnosis when atypical muscle weakness occurs following a probable physical exertion. Keywords: Differential Diagnosis, Fatigue, Muscle Weakness, Nervous System Diseases, Prognosis. Introduction meter distance. She expressed that while carrying the pot, the maximum force was exerted on her ring Although neurological conditions present with and middle finger. At the destination, she literally specific clinical patterns, practitioners often dropped the pot and experienced severe pain at encounter patients with vague symptom complexes. right metacarpo-phalangeal joint of ring and middle With few exceptions, motor weakness fits into either an upper motor neuron or lower motor finger. Immediately after which she felt numbness neuron pattern with a definitive organic cause. below the elbow and was unable to move the Neurological symptoms unexplained by other entire upper extremity. She was taken to a nearby traditional neurological or medical conditions are orthopedic surgeon who suspected her to have had classified as functional neurological symptom a wrist injury. She was hence put on posterior slab disorder [1]. These symptoms are usually non- and arm sling for a week’s time. To identify the organic in origin. When patients present with cause for her weakness, cervical MRI was done and atypical symptoms diagnosis becomes a challenge. there was no abnormality. Subsequently, she was Here, we report a 21-year-old girl who perceived referred to our institution for further evaluation and right upper extremity monoplegia following management. She underwent a series evaluation by a trauma which did not fit into the traditional spine surgeon, hand surgeon and a neurologist. The neurological diagnosis. sensory function, muscle tone, reflexes showed Case Report no abnormality. The possibility of a non-organic cause for the symptoms was considered. Normal A 21 year girl perceived right upper limb weakness electrophysiological studies supported the clinical after carrying a pot of half-filled water for a 100 diagnosis. 103 © 2020 Journal of Case Reports Volume 10, No.2, April-June 2020 Central Fatigue Leading to Muscle Weakness Thangavelu Senthilvelkumar et al. The neurologist referred her for Discussion physiotherapy to improve the right upper extremity function. At that time, she started making little We presented a unique case atypical upper movement in her finger. During physiotherapy extremity weakness which did not fall into evaluation, she had muscle power of 1 out of 5 conventional diagnostic criteria. Though the non- in shoulder and elbow as measured by manual organic features are considered, it was noted that muscle testing. There was a little finger movement. the key features of non-organic weakness like Her Motricity index score for upper extremity was inconsistency and distractibility were not present 39 out of 100 and the upper extremity functional [5]. Although her weakness was abrupt, it was after index (UEFI) score was 5 out of 80. She also had an acute injury. This weakness was not associated shoulder pain with the score of 6 in visual analogue with any sensory abnormality and distractibility. scale (VAS). The therapy focused to improve her Today, central fatigue is commonly accepted as a upper extremity weakness and shoulder pain. physiological phenomenon that plays a relevant Since the presentation was atypical, the search of role in muscle fatigue that protects muscles against non-organic reasons for her weakness other than excessive effort [6,7]. Muscle fatigue is a protective usual ones continued. During the therapy we found mechanism of body that prevents further damage that her spontaneous activities were better than of muscles. Central nervous system fatigue is a key volitional activities. This was evident during the component in preventing peripheral muscle injury application of moist heat pack for her shoulder [8]. The brain can reduce the quantity of motor pain. She spontaneously pulled the pack with commands sent from the central nervous system. It her right hand as she felt increased heat. During can also be considered as a state of exhaustion. We this incident, she demonstrated movements much believe that mental fatigue or central fatigue could higher than her available voluntary control. have been a reason for her perceived weakness. This incident made us to think differently The reduction of motor commands sent because forced movements are better in quantity. from the brain increases the amount of perceived So, we introduced constraint induced movement effort an individual experiences By forcing the therapy (CIMT) to her. It is a behavioral neuro- body through a higher perceived intensity, the rehabilitation approach based on ‘Learned Non- individual becomes more likely to cease exercise use’ [2-4]. This concept is originally developed by by means of exhaustion. Perceived effort is greatly Dr Edward Taub. We restrained her left hand and influenced by the intensity of corollary discharge forced her to use her right hand for all the ADL from the motor cortex that affects the primary activities. She was put on intensive repetitive somatosensory cortex [9]. Noakes and others structured movements in the right affected arm. [9-11] have developed the "central governor" She was asked to actively use her affected arm 6-7 model of central fatigue that focuses primarily on hours per day for 7 days. After 7 days of CIMT the conscious and subconscious brain and does training, her right upper extremity improved not involve the spinal cord or motor unit. This drastically. Her Motricity index score increased to phenomenon is well explained for exercise related 88 out of 100 and her UEFI score increased to 61 fatigue. But in our case, it occurred following a from the initial score of 5. She was able to perform static sustained muscle work. The central fatigue all her ADL activities and started writing using model posits that the reduction in power output her right extremity. She was advised to continue during prolonged exercise leading to the cessation progressive muscle strengthening program and of exercise is not caused by limiting physiological sent back to continue her education. processes in any of the peripheral organs including 104 © 2020 Journal of Case Reports Volume 10, No.2, April-June 2020 Central Fatigue Leading to Muscle Weakness Thangavelu Senthilvelkumar et al. the active skeletal muscles. Rather, the fatigue study guarantor. All authors approved the final version of the related reductions in skeletal muscle power output manuscript and are responsible for all aspects of the study. Funding: None; Competing interests: None stated. are caused by altered efferent command from the brain [12]. References In this reported case, the motor command 1. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and to the entire right upper extremity was inhibited in Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [Internet]. Fifth order to reduce further damage. The time course Edition. American Psychiatric Association; 2013 [cited 2019 Jul 28]. between central fatigue and recovery is always 2. Taub E, Uswatt G. Constraint-induced movement short. But in this case, it was extended for weeks. therapy: answers and questions after two decades of Other researches confirm that CNS fatigue is research. Neuro Rehabilitation. 2006;21:93-95. evident directly on post-workout; even though 3. Nadeau SE, Wu SS. CIMT as a behavioral engine in research on physiological adjuvants to muscle soreness and peripheral neuromuscular neurorehabilitation: the challenge of merging animal and fatigue took over 3 days to recover [13]. human research. Neuro Rehabilitation. 2006;21:107- 130. The central and peripheral fatigues may 4. Taub E, Uswatte G, Mark VW, Morris DMM. The learned have worked together to minimize the right upper nonuse phenomenon: implications for rehabilitation. extremity activity. Latella et al. 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