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ArticleFrontiers in rehabilitation sciences2024

The meaningfulness of

Stine Susanne Haakonsen Dahl, Ellen Christin Arntzen, Britt Normann

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Article in Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Stine Susanne Haakonsen DahlFaculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Bodø, Norway.
Ellen Christin ArntzenFaculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Bodø, Norway.
Britt NormannFaculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Bodø, Norway.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and purpose: Physical activity (PA) is often reduced in people with MS (pwMS), even when disability is low. Understanding the perspectives of pwMS on interventions aiming to improve PA is important to inform the development of such services. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of pwMS participating in an outdoor, high-intensity and balance exercise group intervention. Methods: This qualitative study was nested within an RCT exploring a novel intervention integrating sensorimotor exercises with high-intensity intervals of running/walking. Individual, in-depth interviews with the intervention group ( Results: Four categories were generated: (1) Discussion: High-intensity training combined with detailed exercises in a physiotherapy outdoor group was perceived to create meaningful bodily changes and enhance PA and prospects for both PA and life. Importantly, however, some negative experiences were also reported from the high-intensity training. Enactive theory allowed for the illumination of new perspectives: the importance of embodiment for self-efficacy and of tailored physiotherapy and an outdoor-group environment for exploring one's own limits to physical capabilities. These aspects should inform future exercise interventions in pwMS with low disability.

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enactive theoryexercise therapymultiple sclerosisphysical activityphysiotherapypostural balancequalitative study

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PMID38566621
PMCPMC10986173

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