background:. multiple sclerosis (ms) is one of the most common chronic diseases. these study aimed to examine the effects of eight weeks of massage therapy on quality of life, in women who sufferers of ms.   methods: this was a true-experimental study. we conveniently selected 20 women volunteers from referrals of the ms society of isfahan. the inclusion criteria were to suffer from relapsing–r...

conclusions corticosteroid pulse therapy in spms was effective in inflammatory process, but could not postpone or decline the neurodegenerative process and besides the imposing side effects could not result in significant improvement in edss and mri plaques number in long term. patients and methods a double blind randomized controlled clinical trial was performed on 71 patients with spms referr...

objective: multiple sclerosis (ms) has several physical, psychological, and psychiatric symptoms. regarding the psychological impact of ms on aspects of life, this study sought to examine the effect of group quality of life therapy on depression and anxiety in these patients. methods: two groups of 15 matched patients with ms were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups after compl...

Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common neurological diseases that severely affects the patients‘ quality of sleep. Objectives: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of reality therapy and positive psychotherapy on sleep quality in women with MS. Materials & Methods: The research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test design and a control group....

autoimmune diseases have been described as an interesting and poorly understood group of disorders. there are many challenges in the respective scientific societies concerning the nature, causes and the therapeutic approaches of these diseases. in accordance with the evidences the nature and etiology of these disorders is multifactorial and complex but the clearest definition could be expressed...

Autoimmune diseases have been described as an interesting and poorly understood group of disorders. There are many challenges in the respective scientific societies concerning the nature, causes and the therapeutic approaches of these diseases. In accordance with the evidences the nature and etiology of these disorders is multifactorial and complex but the clearest definition could be expressed...

Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is chronic and debilitating neurological disease which occurs between the ages of 20 and 40 years. Myelin degradation is common in certain areas such as the optic nerve, brain stem, and cerebellum, which causes problems such as imbalance, inability to perform daily tasks, and ultimately affects and reduces the self-efficacy of the affected individuals. Objec...

Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) has several physical, psychological, and psychiatric symptoms. Regarding the psychological impact of MS on aspects of life, this study sought to examine the effect of group quality of life therapy on depression and anxiety in these patients. Methods: Two groups of 15 matched patients with MS were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups after co...