Digital twins for multiple sclerosis

I Voigt, H Inojosa, A Dillenseger, R Haase… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
An individualized innovative disease management is of great importance for people with
multiple sclerosis (pwMS) to cope with the complexity of this chronic, multidimensional …

Assessing walking disability in multiple sclerosis

BC Kieseier, C Pozzilli - Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Most patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) eventually experience walking disability. The
objective of this review was to evaluate the clinical utility of measures specific for walking in …

Treatment optimization in MS: Canadian MS Working Group updated recommendations

MS Freedman, D Selchen, DL Arnold, A Prat… - Canadian Journal of …, 2013 - cambridge.org
The Canadian Multiple Sclerosis Working Group (CMSWG) developed practical
recommendations in 2004 to assist clinicians in optimizing the use of disease-modifying …

The relationship between upper leg muscle strength and walking capacity in persons with multiple sclerosis

T Broekmans, D Gijbels, BO Eijnde… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: In persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) resistance training improves muscle
strength but effects on walking capacity are inconsistent. Objective: The objective was to …

Which walking capacity tests to use in multiple sclerosis? A multicentre study providing the basis for a core set

D Gijbels, U Dalgas, A Romberg… - Multiple sclerosis …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Many different walking capacity test formats are being used. It is unclear
whether walking speed, obtained from short tests, and walking distance, obtained from long …

Prevalence of joint contractures and muscle weakness in people with multiple sclerosis

PD Hoang, SC Gandevia, RD Herbert - Disability and rehabilitation, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of joint contracture (limited passive range of joint
motion) and muscle weakness in a population with multiple sclerosis (MS). A secondary aim …

Validation of the 2-minute walk test with the 6-minute walk test and other functional measures in persons with multiple sclerosis

DA Scalzitti, KJ Harwood, JR Maring… - … journal of MS care, 2018 - meridian.allenpress.com
Background: Persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) commonly have difficulty walking. The 6-
Minute Walk Test (6MWT) assesses functional capacity but may be considered burdensome …

Prevalence of walking-related motor fatigue in persons with multiple sclerosis: decline in walking distance induced by the 6-minute walk test

C Leone, D Severijns, V Doležalová… - … and neural repair, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective. To investigate the individual occurrence of walking-related motor fatigue in
persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS), according to disability level and disease phenotype …

[HTML][HTML] What we learned from the history of multiple sclerosis measurement: expanded disability status scale

BP Cinar, YG Yorgun - Archives of Neuropsychiatry, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is often seen in young adults and known to cause both physical and
cognitive disability, and it is quite important to make an objective assessment of the physical …

Comparison of walking performance over the first 2 minutes and the full 6 minutes of the Six-Minute Walk Test

RW Bohannon, D Bubela, S Magasi, H McCreath… - BMC research …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background Although the Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT), as recommended by the
American Thoracic Society, is widely used as a measure of functional endurance, it may not …