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ArticleNoro psikiyatri arsivi2023

Exercise Improves Physical Capacity, Cognition, Quality of Life and Promotes Neurotrophic Factors in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis.

Mehmet Açık, Seçkin Şenışık, Dilek Taşkıran, Tolga Akşit, Ramazan Aydınoğlu, Ayşe Nur Yüceyar

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Article in Noro psikiyatri arsivi, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Combined Whole-Body Cryotherapy and Exercise vs Exercise Alone for Lower Limb Strength and Mobility in Multiple Sclerosis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mehmet AçıkDepartment of Sports Medicine, Hatay Training and Research Hospital, Hatay, Turkey.
Seçkin ŞenışıkDepartment of Sports Medicine, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
Dilek TaşkıranDepartment of Physiology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
Tolga AkşitDepartment of Movement and Training Sciences, Ege University Faculty of Sport Sciences, Izmir, Turkey.
Ramazan AydınoğluDepartment of Physical Education, Ege University Faculty of Sport Sciences, Izmir, Turkey.
Ayşe Nur YüceyarDepartment of Neurology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
Ege University · TRGATA Haydarpaşa Eğitim Hastanesi · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: We aimed to determine the effect of regular exercise on aerobic capacity, strength values, and plasma levels of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) and Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and investigate its effects on MS symptoms including cognitive impairment, fatigue, balance disorders, and quality of life (QOL). Methods: Forty-three relapsing-remitting MS patients with an Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of 4 or less participated in the study. Participants were divided into three groups: aerobic group, strength group, and control group. The patients in the exercise groups had exercise programs three days a week for three months. Aerobic capacity (maximum VO Results: Aerobic exercise and strength exercise groups had significant increases in VO Conclusions: Our study provides evidence that regular exercise improves quality of life, cognitive functions, fatigue, and sleep quality in MS patients. The levels of NGF and NT-3, which are important factors in neural regeneration and remyelination, were increased post exercise. It can be suggested that exercise may have a potential effect on MS and slow down the disease process with these results.

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Cognitionexercisemultiple sclerosisnerve growth factorneurotrophin-3quality of life

Identifiers

PMID38077844
PMCPMC10709708
OpenAlexW4312635288

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