Association between physical fitness and cognitive function in multiple sclerosis: Does disability status matter?

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 214-223

  Sandroff, Brian M ^a   Pilutti, Lara A ^a   Benedict, Ralph H B ^b   Motl, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; cognitive processing speed; disability; exercise; multiple sclerosis; physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84922322889     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968314541331     Document Type: Article

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