Multiple sclerosis: Implications for future research on postural control and gait

The objective of this letter is to provide a perspective on the impact of multiple sclerosis (MS) on postural control and gait and suggestions for future studies. Although studies on MS with postural control and gait have been carried out for some time, in Brazil and in the World, there is still ins...

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Autores: Santinelli, Felipe Balistieri, Sebastião, Emerson, Oliveira, Marcela de, Barbieri, Fabio Augusto
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2020
País:Brasil
Recursos:Sociedade Brasileira de Comportamento Motor
Repositório:Brazilian Journal of Motor Behavior (Online)
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs4.socibracom.com:article/169
Acesso em linha:https://socibracom.com/bjmb/index.php/bjmb/article/view/169
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Multiple Sclerosis
Postural Control
Gait
Motor Control
Movement
Central nervous system
Descrição
Resumo:The objective of this letter is to provide a perspective on the impact of multiple sclerosis (MS) on postural control and gait and suggestions for future studies. Although studies on MS with postural control and gait have been carried out for some time, in Brazil and in the World, there is still insufficient information on MS and impairments in postural control and gait.Postural control and gait impairments are recognized to cause several problems for people with MS, these being two of the symptoms that most affect quality of life.Here, we present studies that have investigated impairments in postural control and gait using different experimental designs and discuss the adaptations of the central nervous system (CNS) due to the damage caused by MS.We recommend future studies focus on how the CNS is organized towards postural control and gait, with a better ecological approach, which could assist the development of rehabilitation programs.