Fatigue (disambiguation)
Fatigue is a subjective feeling of tiredness and exhaustion in humans.
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Fatigue or fatigues may also refer to:
Medical
- Central nervous system fatigue, changes in the synaptic concentration of neurotransmitters which affects exercise performance and muscle function
- Chronic fatigue, long term fatigue that limits a person's energy or ability to carry out daily activities, also known as central fatigue
- Cancer-related fatigue, a side effect of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and biotherapy
- Compassion fatigue, a lessening of compassion common among those who work with trauma victims
- Muscle fatigue, the decline in ability of a muscle to generate force, also known as peripheral fatigue
- Battle fatigue/Combat fatigue, an outdated term for:
- Combat stress reaction, a military term for short-term behavioral disorganization
- Posttraumatic stress disorder, a medical term for a long-term disorder
- Effects of fatigue on safety in transportation and shift work
Other uses
- Fatigue (material), in material science, weakening of a material caused by repeatedly applied loads
- Voter fatigue, public apathy about elections
- Information fatigue, impairment caused by excessive information
- Fatigue (safety), implications of tiredness in many fields, especially transportation
- Fatigue Mountain, on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
- Fatigue duty, work assigned to military men that does not require the use of armament.
- Fatigues (uniform), a military work uniform
- Plain OG-107 uniform in American English
- Boilersuits worn by soldiers to avoid getting their uniforms dirty in non-combat manual work
- Camouflage pattern on military or fashion clothing
- Fatigues, a more general term for workwear
- "The Fatigues", a Seinfeld episode
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