View Article  Drop Foot - What is It?
Drop Foot and Foot Drop are interchangeable terms that describe an abnormal neuromuscular (nerve and muscle) disorder that affects the patient's ability to raise their foot at the ankle. Drop foot is further characterized by an inability to point   more »
View Article  Quality of Life and Emotional and Financial Health
Two new complementary surveys provide groundbreaking data on the impact of walking impairment on people living with multiple sclerosis, revealing challenges related to quality of life, family relationships, independence, work, financial security and other   more »
View Article  Balance & MS 2 of 5
How does balance work? Good balance needs many different parts of the body to work together effectively. It might be helpful to think of these different parts of balance being grouped into   more »
View Article  Balance & MS 1 of 5
Balance problems are common in multiple sclerosis (MS), but the causes and effects can vary from person to person and from one day to another. Problems can include ‘vertigo’ – a feeling of dizziness where the world appears to be spinning, though not everyone experiences this. For some people   more »
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Compensation and balance retraining

 

The brain will naturally and automatically compensate for a certain amount of damage to the signals it receives for ...   more »

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Other possible causes of balance difficulties

 

Balance difficulties are also common in people who do not have MS, and if you do have ...   more »

View Article  Balance & MS 3 of 5

 

 

How MS affects balance

 

What can happen to balance ‘messages’?

 

MS can affect any part of the central nervous system (the ...   more »

View Article  Balance and MS 2 of 5

 

 

How does balance work?

 

Good balance needs many different parts of the body to work together effectively.  It might be helpful ...   more »

View Article  Balance & MS 1 of 5

Balance and MS

 

 

Does everyone with MS experience balance difficulties?

 

Balance problems are common in multiple sclerosis (MS), but the causes and ...   more »

View Article  Gait and balance impairment in early MS

Gait and balance impairment in early multiple sclerosis in the absence of clinical disability.

 

School of Physiotherapy,

The University of Melbourne,

Melbourne 3010,

Australia....   more »

View Article  Gait variability in people with multiple sclerosis.

Gait variability in people with multiple sclerosis.

 

Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences,

University of Delaware,

Newark, DE, 19716,

USA

 

Patients with ...   more »