Exercise and disease progression in multiple sclerosis: Can exercise slow down the progression of multiple sclerosis?

Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-95

  Dalgas, Ulrik ^a   Stenager, Egon ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

disease activity; exercise therapy; physical activity; training

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; EMBASE; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 84858661723     PISSN: 17562856     EISSN: 17562864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756285611430719     Document Type: Article

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