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  • Multiple Sclerosis: The Benefits of Physical Activity

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    Author(s)
    Sabapathy, Nicole M.
    Primary Supervisor
    Minahan, Clare
    Other Supervisors
    Renshaw, Gillian
    Broadley, Simon
    Year published
    2012
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    The overall aim of this dissertation was to examine the role of physical activity as a management and rehabilitation strategy for persons with MS. The research undertaken compared differences in fatigue, depression and quality of life measures in persons with MS who did and did not regularly participate in physical activity, assessed modifiable determinants of physical activity behaviour, as well as compared adaptations to two different exercise training modalities. To complete this research, three separate studies were conducted. The purpose of study one was to compare fatigue, depression and quality of life scores in persons ...
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    The overall aim of this dissertation was to examine the role of physical activity as a management and rehabilitation strategy for persons with MS. The research undertaken compared differences in fatigue, depression and quality of life measures in persons with MS who did and did not regularly participate in physical activity, assessed modifiable determinants of physical activity behaviour, as well as compared adaptations to two different exercise training modalities. To complete this research, three separate studies were conducted. The purpose of study one was to compare fatigue, depression and quality of life scores in persons with MS who did and did not regularly participate in physical activity. This was a cross-sectional questionnaire study of one-hundred and twenty-one patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Study participants were 25-65 years old and lived in Queensland, Australia. Physical activity level, fatigue, depression and quality of life were assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, Health Status Questionnaire Short Form-36, Beck Depression Inventory and Modified Fatigue Impact Scale. Results indicated that fifty-two participants completed at least two, 30 minute exercise sessions per week (exercising group) and sixty-nine participants did not participate in regular physical activity (non-exercising group). Individuals in the exercising group reported favourable fatigue, depression and quality of life scores when compared to participants in the non-exercising group. We also found significantly weak correlations between both leisure-time and overall reported physical activity levels and some subscales of the quality of life and fatigue impact questionnaires. The findings of study one suggest that favourable fatigue, depression and quality of life scores are reported by persons with MS who regularly participate in physical activity, when compared to persons with MS who do not.
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    Thesis Type
    Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
    Degree Program
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
    School
    School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/1947
    Copyright Statement
    The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
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    Public
    Subject
    Multiple sclerosis
    Multiple sclerosis sufferers fatigue
    Multiple sclerosis sufferers depression
    Multiple sclerosis sufferers quality of life
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365702
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