Perspectives From Persons With Multiple Sclerosis for a Comprehensive Real-World Change Therapy for Mobility.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the personal perspectives of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) on the acceptability of a novel physical therapy program that is designed to transfer gains from the clinic to their real-world lower extremity (LE) use, termed LE constraint-induced therapy (CIT). The program includes several behavior change techniques (prescribed home exercises, daily structured therapist interviews and problem solving for LE activities, keeping an activity diary) and a concentrated physical treatment schedule.

Design

Anonymous internet survey.

Setting

Participants accessed the survey from computers in the community.

Participants

Five hundred adults (N=500) were recruited from an MS support organization's registry for having indicated from mild to total limb

SUBMITTER: Mark VW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8904863 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature