the effect of massage therapy on the quality of sleep in women with multiple sclerosis being admitted by isfahan m.s. association bahraini s , naji sa* , mannani r , bekhradi r received: 25 april, 2010 accepted: 27 july, 2010 abstract background & aims: low quality of sleep is one of the most common signs in multiple sclerosis that can result in reducing the quality of life, increasing mortalit...

conclusions the current study adds evidence to the association of tnf-α gene polymorphism and ms in this southern south iranian population which is consistent with the genetic analysis of ms in europeans (games) project reports and these two alleles reported in this study may be one of the genetic risk factor for ms. furthermore, this data can be used to build the iranian gene bank for future s...

BACKGROUND The participation of neurologists and patients in studies on the effectiveness and safety of newly authorized drugs in multiple sclerosis (MS) is insufficient. Monthly online self-assessments using patient-reported outcomes may help in short-term monitoring of neurological changes and side effects. OBJECTIVE Investigate in relapsing-remitting (RR) MS patients the adherence to month...

background: the clinical course of multiple sclerosis (ms) evolves over many years. its prognosis is highly variable among affected individuals, i.e. while some suffer from early severe disabilities, others remain ambulatory and functional for many years. we used multiple sclerosis severity score (msss) and the new classification for ms severity herbert et al. introduced in 2006 according to ms...

Quantitative decision models such as multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) can be used in benefit-risk assessment to formalize trade-offs between benefits and risks, providing transparency to the assessment process. There is however no well-established method for propagating uncertainty of treatment effects data through such models to provide a sense of the variability of the benefit-risk ...

BACKGROUND Autonomic nervous system dysfunction is commonly seen in multiple sclerosis patients and should be explored in the routine evaluation. Composite Autonomic Symptom Score questionnaire was validated as a self-assessment instrument of autonomic symptoms. OBJECTIVES Determine the frequency of autonomic symptoms in multiple sclerosis patients through a Portuguese version of Composite Au...