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NEUROREHABILITATION AND NEURAL REPAIR
Volume 36, Issue 12, Pages 777-787Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/15459683221131789
Keywords
multiple sclerosis; agility; exercise; gait; balance
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Multimodal agility-based exercise training (MAT) is a valuable framework for improving cardiovascular, neuromuscular, and cognitive function. However, current exercise recommendations for persons with Multiple Sclerosis (pwMS) are difficult to implement and lack effective and engaging training methods. Therefore, it is recommended to investigate multimodal exercise interventions, such as MAT, and compare them to unimodal approaches.
Introduction Multimodal agility-based exercise training (MAT) has been described as a framework for fall prevention in the elderly but might also be a valuable concept for exercise training in persons with Multiple Sclerosis (pwMS). The Problem Current recommendations advise pwMS to perform a multitude of different exercise training activities, as each of these has its separate evidence. However, pwMS struggle even more than the general population to be physically active. Additionally, Multiple Sclerosis often leads to co-occurring mobility and cognitive dysfunctions, for which simultaneous, time-efficient, and engaging training approaches are still limited in clinical practice and healthcare. The solution The MAT framework has been developed to integratively improve cardiovascular, neuromuscular, and cognitive function by combining aspects of perception and orientation, change of direction, as well as stop-and-go patterns (ie, agility), in a group-training format. For pwMS, the MAT framework is conceptualized to include 3 Components: standing balance, dynamic balance (including functional leg strength), and agility-based exercises. Within these Components sensory, cognitive, and cardiovascular challenges can be adapted to individual needs. Recommendations We recommend investigating multimodal exercise interventions that go beyond easily standardized, unimodal types of exercise (eg, aerobic or resistance exercise), which could allow for time-efficient training, targeting multiple frequent symptoms of persons with mild disability at once. MAT should be compared to unimodal approaches, regarding sensor-based gait outcomes, fatigue-related outcomes, cognition, as well as neuroprotective, and (supportive) disease-modifying effects.
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