Physical activity and autoimmune diseases: Get moving and manage the disease

K Sharif, A Watad, NL Bragazzi, M Lichtbroun… - Autoimmunity …, 2018 - Elsevier
Physical activity, by definition, is any skeletal muscle body movement that results in energy
expenditure. In the last few decades, a plethora of scientific evidences have accumulated …

Treatment of progressive multiple sclerosis: what works, what does not, and what is needed

A Feinstein, J Freeman, AC Lo - The Lancet Neurology, 2015 - thelancet.com
Disease-modifying drugs have mostly failed as treatments for progressive multiple sclerosis.
Management of the disease therefore solely aims to minimise symptoms and, if possible …

Comprehensive approach to management of multiple sclerosis: addressing invisible symptoms—a narrative review

L Lakin, BE Davis, CC Binns, KM Currie… - Neurology and therapy, 2021 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease of the central nervous
system, leading to neurodegeneration and manifesting as a variety of symptoms. These can …

Prevalence and natural history of pain in adults with multiple sclerosis: systematic review and meta-analysis

PL Foley, HM Vesterinen, BJ Laird, ES Sena, LA Colvin… - Pain®, 2013 - Elsevier
The prevalence, associations, and natural history of pain in multiple sclerosis (MS) are
poorly understood. The objective of this work was to study the prevalence of pain syndromes …

Validation of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale for use with multiple sclerosis patients

K Honarmand, A Feinstein - Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Detecting clinically significant symptoms of depression and anxiety in medically ill patients
using self-report rating scales presents a challenge because of somatic confounders. The …

Physical activity and quality of life in multiple sclerosis: intermediary roles of disability, fatigue, mood, pain, self-efficacy and social support

RW Motl, E McAuley, EM Snook… - Psychology, health & …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Physical activity has been associated with a small improvement in quality of life (QOL)
among those with multiple sclerosis (MS). This relationship may be indirect and operate …

The impact of neuropathic pain on health-related quality of life: review and implications

MP Jensen, MJ Chodroff, RH Dworkin - Neurology, 2007 - AAN Enterprises
A number of high-quality studies have recently been published that examine the association
between neuropathic pain and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The current review …

Pain associated with multiple sclerosis: systematic review and proposed classification

AB O'Connor, SR Schwid, DN Herrmann, JD Markman… - PAIN®, 2008 - Elsevier
Pain is common in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), but estimates of its prevalence have
varied widely. The literature describing pain in MS patients spans four decades and has …

Central neuropathic pain syndromes

JC Watson, P Sandroni - Mayo clinic proceedings, 2016 - Elsevier
Chronic pain is common in patients with neurologic complications of a central nervous
system insult such as stroke. The pain is most commonly musculoskeletal or related to …

Cognitive dysfunctions and assessments in multiple sclerosis

C Oreja-Guevara, T Ayuso Blanco… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cognitive impairment has been reported at all phases and all subtypes of multiple sclerosis.
It remains a major cause of neurological disability in young and middle-aged adults suffering …