Effectiveness of physical rehabilitation as a treatment for multiple sclerosis
Keywords:
multiple sclerosis, physical rehabilitation, physical exercises, quality of life, telerehabilitationAbstract
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic and progressive autoimmune neurological disease of the central nervous system, most common in young adults. Its treatment can be medicated and non-medicated, the latter includes physical rehabilitation, on which there is no consensus, which is why it is pertinent to carry out a bibliographic review with the objective of demonstrating the effectiveness and benefits of physical rehabilitation in the treatment of multiple sclerosis. The search was carried out in the main bibliographic databases, using keywords in English and Spanish such as multiple sclerosis, rehabilitation, physical exercises, rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis. Ninety-one articles were retrieved, Thirty-five of them were selected since they demonstrate how physical therapy seeks to improve the body's ability to move and function, with special emphasis on walking, general mobility, strength, balance, posture, fatigue, and pain control. In patients with multiple sclerosis, physical exercise (aerobic, resistance or muscle strength) contributes to improving pain, anxiety, depression, stress, physical condition, quality of life, gait and postural balance. In recent years, due to social distancing caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, telerehabilitation and virtual reality have been used in these patients, with positive results, so physical rehabilitation does constitute an effective therapeutic strategy in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.Downloads
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