Exercise and rehabilitation for individuals with multiple sclerosis

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 513-555

  Brown, Theodore R ^a   Kraft, George H ^b  

^a MS Hub Medical Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANESTHESIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COOLING; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GAIT DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NEUROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL WORKER; SPASTICITY; SPEECH THERAPY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SWALLOWING; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 18944402627     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2005.01.005     Document Type: Review

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