ArticleInternational journal of MS care
Falls in People with Multiple Sclerosis: Risk Identification, Intervention, and Future Directions.
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- Distinct correlations between clinical and laboratory-based instrumented balance measures in individuals with multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Adaptive or Maladaptive Fear of Falling in Multiple Sclerosis: What Are We Overlooking?Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2026Article
- Learning Beyond the Clinic: Can Point of Choice Visual Feedback Prompts Elicit Motor Behavior Changes in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis?Research square · 2026Article
- Assessment of Fall Risk in Neurological Disorders and Technology: Relationship Between Silver Index and Gait Analysis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- PROMs reveal early fall risk in the absence of clinical disability in people with multiple sclerosis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Article
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- Development and Usability of MSafe: A Fall Risk Application for Older Adults with Multiple Sclerosis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Neural correlates of forward and backward walking in MS: insights from myelin water imaging.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
- Validation of the Italian Version of the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) in Multiple Sclerosis: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2025Article
- Cerebellar Volume Measures Differentiate Multiple Sclerosis Fallers from Non-Fallers.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Effectiveness ofBMJ open · 2025Article
- The Relation Among Reactive Stepping and Fall-Related Psychological Factors in Multiple Sclerosis.Brain sciences · 2024Article
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- Predicting multiple sclerosis disease progression and outcomes with machine learning and MRI-based biomarkers: a review.Journal of neurology · 2024Review
- Development of Fewer Falls in MS-An Online, Theory-Based, Fall Prevention Self-Management Programme for People With Multiple Sclerosis.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- Establishing the Reliability of The Step Test Evaluation of Performance on Stairs (STEPS) in Multiple Sclerosis.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- A machine learning approach to determine the risk factors for fall in multiple sclerosis.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2024Article
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6 authors at 1 institution in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Falls are highly prevalent in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and result in a range of negative consequences, such as injury, activity curtailment, reduced quality of life, and increased need for care and time off work. This narrative review aims to summarize key literature and to discuss future work needed in the area of fall prevention for people with MS. The incidence of falls in people with MS is estimated to be more than 50%, similar to that in adults older than 80 years. The consequences of falls are considerable because rate of injury is high, and fear of falling and low self-efficacy are significant problems that lead to activity curtailment. A wide range of physiological, personal, and environmental factors have been highlighted as potential risk factors and predictors of falls. Falls are individual and multifactorial, and, hence, approaches to interventions will likely need to adopt a multifactorial approach. However, the literature to date has largely focused on exercise-based interventions, with newer, more comprehensive interventions that use both education and exercise showing promising results. Several gaps in knowledge of falls in MS remain, in particular the lack of standardized definitions and outcome measures, to enable data pooling and comparison. Moving forward, the involvement of people with MS in the design and evaluation of programs is essential, as are approaches to intervention development that consider implementation from the outset.
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