Physical Exercise Treatment Report
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See also: Theracycle, Yoga
What is Physical Exercise?
Exercise is recommended to help remain healthy as possible. It can help to maintain a weight and generally improve how one feels. It takes many forms. Finding the exercise that is right for you is key to keeping it useful and doing in on a regular basis.
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Reasons Taken
177 patients in the community are taking or have taken Physical Exercise.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 116 | 65% |
| Other | 15 | 8% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 15 | 8% |
| Slow my MS progress | 13 | 7% |
| Balance issues | 2 | 1% |
| Mobility | 2 | 1% |
| Depression | 1 | <1% |
| Fatigue | 1 | <1% |
| Difficulty walking | 1 | <1% |
| disease-related symptoms | 1 | <1% |
| foot and leg numbness, weakness, need splints to walk. | 1 | <1% |
| Dead leg | 1 | <1% |
| Don't know | 1 | <1% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Physical Exercise or how long patients were taking Physical Exercise before stopping.
Currently taking Physical Exercise
Stopped taking Physical Exercise
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 9 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 60% | 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 20% | 1 |
| Slight | 20% | 1 |
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 11% | 1 |
| Mild | 11% | 1 |
| None | 78% | 7 |
Top reported side-effects include: Fatigue, tiredness, knee pain
Summary results are based on 9 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 9)
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- pc4069
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by pc4069
Aug 25, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- Advice/Tips
- make exercise a regular part of your treatment
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- parrothead
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: None
- Cognition: none
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: none
- See profile
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by parrothead
Sep 17, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- Advice/Tips
- no pain no gain.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks