Contributions
Abstract: 12
Type: Oral
Exercise is a safe, non-pharmacological treatment strategy for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) that can bring many health benefits, including improvements in muscle power, physical and psychosocial functioning and quality of life. Regular exercise participation may also have an important role to play in the management of fatigue. Indeed, exercise has become one of the key components of rehabilitation and long-term management of people with MS to optimise function and maintain health. In the UK, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends aerobic exercise for helping to control the burden of fatigue, motor weakness and musculoskeletal pain in people with MS. This is supported by leading charitable trusts (e.g. the UK MS Society and MS Trust), who are actively promoting the benefits of exercise for improving mobility, mental health status and cardiovascular risk profile to enhance health-related quality of life and reduce the MS healthcare burden. A major challenge however, is to develop pragmatic and cost-effective interventions that can safely engage PwMS in their preferred modes of exercise and provide robust evidence of a long-lasting impact on exercise behaviour and important health outcomes. After this lecture you will have a greater understanding of lifestyle factors that impact on MS disease outcomes. You will know about the science underpinning exercise as a potential disease-modifying and symptomatic treatment in MS. The lecture will also include an overview of the theoretical framework required to promote behavioural change and practical advice to motivate and help people with MS self-manage their disease.
Disclosure: John Saxton: nothing to disclose
Abstract: 12
Type: Oral
Exercise is a safe, non-pharmacological treatment strategy for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) that can bring many health benefits, including improvements in muscle power, physical and psychosocial functioning and quality of life. Regular exercise participation may also have an important role to play in the management of fatigue. Indeed, exercise has become one of the key components of rehabilitation and long-term management of people with MS to optimise function and maintain health. In the UK, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends aerobic exercise for helping to control the burden of fatigue, motor weakness and musculoskeletal pain in people with MS. This is supported by leading charitable trusts (e.g. the UK MS Society and MS Trust), who are actively promoting the benefits of exercise for improving mobility, mental health status and cardiovascular risk profile to enhance health-related quality of life and reduce the MS healthcare burden. A major challenge however, is to develop pragmatic and cost-effective interventions that can safely engage PwMS in their preferred modes of exercise and provide robust evidence of a long-lasting impact on exercise behaviour and important health outcomes. After this lecture you will have a greater understanding of lifestyle factors that impact on MS disease outcomes. You will know about the science underpinning exercise as a potential disease-modifying and symptomatic treatment in MS. The lecture will also include an overview of the theoretical framework required to promote behavioural change and practical advice to motivate and help people with MS self-manage their disease.
Disclosure: John Saxton: nothing to disclose