Pilates based core stability training in ambulant individuals with multiple sclerosis: Protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial

BMC Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Freeman, Jennifer ^a   Fox, Esther ^a   Gear, Margaret ^b   Hough, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Shetland   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Core stability; Exercise; Mobility; Multiple sclerosis; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ACTIVITIES SPECIFIC BALANCE CONFIDENCE SCALE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL REACH; HUMAN; LEISURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS WALKING SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILATES BASED CORE STABILITY TRAINING; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RELAXATION TRAINING; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RELAXATION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859335552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-12-19     Document Type: Article

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