ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Does Multiple Sclerosis Differently Impact Physical Activity in Women and Man? A Quantitative Study Based on Wearable Accelerometers.
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- Recent State of Wearable IMU Sensors Use in People Living with Spasticity: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Pooled it
- Assessment of Changes in Postural Stability and Load Distribution in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis After 12 Weeks of Self-Paced Exercises Programmed by a Physiotherapist: A Prospective Cohort Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026Article
- Breaking boundaries: the transformative role of exercise in managing multiple sclerosis.EXCLI journal · 2024Review
- Wearable Sensor Technologies to Assess Motor Functions in People With Multiple Sclerosis: Systematic Scoping Review and Perspective.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Methodological heterogeneity biases physical activity metrics derived from the Actigraph GT3X in multiple sclerosis: A rapid review and comparative study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2022Article
- Physical Activity for Health and Wellness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Physical Activity during Weekdays and Weekends in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Correlates of Objectively Measured Physical Activity Among People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
In people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS), fatigue, weakness and spasticity may reduce mobility and promote sedentary behavior. However, little is known about the existence of possible differences in the way MS modifies the propensity to perform physical activity (PA) in men and women. The present study aimed to partly close this gap by means of quantitative analysis carried out using wearable sensors. Forty-five pwMS (23 F, 22 M, mean age 50.3) and 41 unaffected age- and sex-matched individuals wore a tri-axial accelerometer 24 h/day for 7 consecutive days. Raw data were processed to calculate average number of daily steps, vector magnitude (VM) counts, and percentage of time spent in sedentary behavior and in PA of different intensities (i.e., light and moderate-to-vigorous, MVPA). Women with MS spent more time in sedentary behavior and exhibited a reduced amount of light intensity activity with respect to men, while MVPA was similar across sexes. However, in comparison with unaffected individuals, the overall PA patterns appear significantly modified mostly in women who, in presence of the disease, present increased sedentary behavior, reduced MVPA, number of daily steps and VM counts. The findings of the present study highlight the urgency of including sex as variable in all studies on PA in pwMS.
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