TY - JOUR
T1 - Core temperature is not elevated at rest in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
AU - Chaseling, Georgia K.
AU - Allen, Dustin R.
AU - Vucic, Steve
AU - Barnett, Michael
AU - Frohman, Elliot
AU - Davis, Scott L.
AU - Jay, Ollie
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia Incubator Grant (Grant holders: Jay, Davis, Barnett; grant number #14-009 ); and a Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia Postgraduate Fellowship (Grant holders: Chaseling; grant number #15-087 ). All results are presented clearly, honestly and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000924 .
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PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - Purpose: To reassess the notion that people with multiple sclerosis (MS) do not demonstrate an elevated resting core temperature when measured using best-practice precision thermometry. Method: Across two international data collection sites (Australia and USA), twenty-eight relapsing-remitting MS patients and 27 aged-matched controls (CON) were exposed to either 30 °C, 30% relative humidity (RH) (Sydney) or 25 °C, 30% RH (Dallas). Resting rectal (T re ) and esophageal (T eso ) temperature and resting oxygen consumption (VO 2 ) was measured in MS (n = 28) and CON (n = 27) groups who completed the 25 °C and 30 °C trials. Tympanic membrane (T tym ) temperature was measured in MS (n = 16) and CON (n = 15) groups in the 30 °C condition. A modified fatigue impact scale (MFIS) questionnaire was used to assess subjective measures of psychosocial, physical and cognitive fatigue in the 30 °C condition. Results: Irrespective of ambient temperature, no group differences were observed for T re (MS: 37.07 ± 0.30 °C; CON: 37.18 ± 0.30 °C; P = 0.29), T eso (MS: 36.84 ± 0.42 °C; CON: 36.92 ± 0.29 °C; P = 0.36) or resting VO 2 (MS: 3.89 ± 0.18 ml⋅kg −1 ⋅min −1 ; CON: 3.98 ± 0.17 ml⋅kg −1 ⋅min −1 ; P = 0.67). Similarly, no group differences were observed for T tym (MS: 36.52 ± 0.38 °C; CON: 36.61 ± 0.33 °C; P = 0.55) in the 30 °C condition. Resting T re did not correlate with subjective measures of fatigue: physical: r = -0.11, P = 0.67; cognitive: r = -0.14, P = 0.60; and psychosocial: r = 0.05, P = 0.84. Conclusion: Contrary to recent reports, resting core temperature is not elevated in relapsing-remitting MS patients compared to healthy controls when measured using precision thermometry. Furthermore, no association was observed between resting T re and any subjective measures of fatigue in a subset of participants with MS.
AB - Purpose: To reassess the notion that people with multiple sclerosis (MS) do not demonstrate an elevated resting core temperature when measured using best-practice precision thermometry. Method: Across two international data collection sites (Australia and USA), twenty-eight relapsing-remitting MS patients and 27 aged-matched controls (CON) were exposed to either 30 °C, 30% relative humidity (RH) (Sydney) or 25 °C, 30% RH (Dallas). Resting rectal (T re ) and esophageal (T eso ) temperature and resting oxygen consumption (VO 2 ) was measured in MS (n = 28) and CON (n = 27) groups who completed the 25 °C and 30 °C trials. Tympanic membrane (T tym ) temperature was measured in MS (n = 16) and CON (n = 15) groups in the 30 °C condition. A modified fatigue impact scale (MFIS) questionnaire was used to assess subjective measures of psychosocial, physical and cognitive fatigue in the 30 °C condition. Results: Irrespective of ambient temperature, no group differences were observed for T re (MS: 37.07 ± 0.30 °C; CON: 37.18 ± 0.30 °C; P = 0.29), T eso (MS: 36.84 ± 0.42 °C; CON: 36.92 ± 0.29 °C; P = 0.36) or resting VO 2 (MS: 3.89 ± 0.18 ml⋅kg −1 ⋅min −1 ; CON: 3.98 ± 0.17 ml⋅kg −1 ⋅min −1 ; P = 0.67). Similarly, no group differences were observed for T tym (MS: 36.52 ± 0.38 °C; CON: 36.61 ± 0.33 °C; P = 0.55) in the 30 °C condition. Resting T re did not correlate with subjective measures of fatigue: physical: r = -0.11, P = 0.67; cognitive: r = -0.14, P = 0.60; and psychosocial: r = 0.05, P = 0.84. Conclusion: Contrary to recent reports, resting core temperature is not elevated in relapsing-remitting MS patients compared to healthy controls when measured using precision thermometry. Furthermore, no association was observed between resting T re and any subjective measures of fatigue in a subset of participants with MS.
KW - Body temperature
KW - Fatigue
KW - Heat sensitivity
KW - Uhthoff's phenomenon
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U2 - 10.1016/j.msard.2019.01.013
DO - 10.1016/j.msard.2019.01.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 30684887
AN - SCOPUS:85060354499
SN - 2211-0348
VL - 29
SP - 62
EP - 67
JO - Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
JF - Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
ER -