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Brand Names:
Bike and weights, Dance
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
259 patients in the community are taking or have taken Physical Exercise.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 133 | 51% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 27 | 10% |
| Other | 19 | 7% |
| Slow my MS progress | 17 | 6% |
| Balance problems | 7 | 2% |
| Mobility | 6 | 2% |
| Weakness in legs | 3 | 1% |
| Difficulty walking | 3 | 1% |
| Support another treatment | 2 | <1% |
| Depression | 1 | <1% |
| Dead leg | 1 | <1% |
| disease-related symptoms | 1 | <1% |
| Don't know | 1 | <1% |
| Fatigue | 1 | <1% |
| foot and leg numbness, weakness, need splints to walk. | 1 | <1% |
Dosages
Based on the patients currently taking Physical Exercise.
Top 10 (Show all)
All (Show Top 10)
| 0 As needed | 0 hr Daily | 0 min Daily | 0 Daily | 0 Monthly | 0 Weekly | 0 | 15 min As needed | 20 min As needed | 2 hr Monthly | 1 hr Weekly | 2 hr Weekly | 4 hr Weekly | 5 hr Weekly | 6 hr Weekly | 1 hr Daily | 1 other Daily | 3 hr Daily | 8 hr Daily | 60 min Weekly | 15 hr Daily | 15 min Daily | 35 min Daily | 20 min Daily | 30 min Daily | 45 min Daily | 60 min Daily | 90 min Daily | 100 other Daily | ||
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9
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2
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1
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77
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1
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20
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69
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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4
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1
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2
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10
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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4
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13
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4
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3
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1
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1
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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 20 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 67% | 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 11% | 1 |
| Slight | 22% | 2 |
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 20% | 4 |
| Mild | 30% | 6 |
| None | 50% | 10 |
Top reported side-effects include: Fatigue, tiredness, Muscle soreness
Summary results are based on 20 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 20)
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- vibora329
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
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by vibora329
Nov 17, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- Advice/Tips
- My experience w/ tai chi has been very positive, Thus, I recommend any mser out there to give it a try , whether its standing (as I do) or sitting. The benefits are various and plenty.
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0 helpful marks
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- pc4069
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: moderate
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by pc4069
Jan 05, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsMild
- General health
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks