[Comment] A new era of multiple sclerosis rehabilitation: lessons from stroke

Just over 20 years ago, no treatments were available for multiple sclerosis, a disease characterised by two overlapping processes of nervous system injury: inflammatory destruction of myelin and neurodegeneration of grey and white matter.1 Disease-modifying drugs, particularly the new oral medications, have changed the prognosis of multiple sclerosis, contributing to increased periods of disease stability and greater potential for rehabilitative therapies to reduce impairment.2 In The Lancet Neurology, Robert Motl and colleagues3 argue that exercise can be a beneficial rehabilitation strategy for people with multiple sclerosis, but that three limitations obstruct translation of exercise research into practice: the quality and scope of the evidence, the need for improved understanding of the mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of exercise, and the need for a framework and toolkit for knowledge translation.
Source: Lancet Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Comment Source Type: research