Balance exercise interventions in Parkinson's disease: A systematic mapping review of components, progression, and intensity.

Background: Rehabilitation in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) often includes balance training, but knowledge about optimal training content remains limited.

Objectives: To describe the design, content, delivery, and reporting of balance training for individuals with PD, and furthermore, to map the systematic use and reporting of methods monitoring intensity in balance training interventions for individuals with PD.

Methods: Six databases were searched.

Test-retest reliability of the Swedish version of the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale in people with mild to moderate multiple sclerosis.

Background: Fatigue is a subjective lack of physical and/or mental energy and is commonly perceived by people with multiple sclerosis (MS). People with MS often describe fatigue as the most troublesome MS related impairment, and it also has a negative impact on ability to initiate or maintain activities as well as work capacity and health related quality of life. The Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) is a patient-reported outcome measurement of fatigue.

Effects of Balance Exercise Interventions on Balance-Related Performance in People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Background: Balance training covers a range of different modalities and complexity levels for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). When evaluating the effects of balance training across different kinds of interventions, determination of the specific intervention content that predict effects are needed.

Objective: To investigate the effects of balance training on gait and dynamic balance outcomes.

Struggling to Keep Up and Have a Good Life: A Qualitative Study of Living With Impaired Balance Control Due to Multiple Sclerosis.

Objective: We aimed to explore and describe the experiences of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) living with impaired balance control and how balance impairment can be managed in everyday life.

Methods: A qualitative design was used. Data were collected through semistructured interviews.

Unwrapping the "black box" of balance training in people with multiple sclerosis - A descriptive systematic review of intervention components, progression, and intensity.

Background: Delineating the specific components of the existing balance training interventions in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) may contribute to a framework for future design and reporting of such interventions. Thus, we aimed to systematically synthesize how balance training frequency, intensity, time, type, duration, and progression are reported in balance training interventions for PwMS.

Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted in Medline, Embase, Web of Science, and Cinahl.

Cognitive-motor interference in people with mild to moderate multiple sclerosis, in comparison with healthy controls.

Background: Reduced motor and cognitive dual-task capacity is found to be more common among people with multiple sclerosis (MS), than among healthy populations. However, studies in larger samples of MS conducted using a more stringent methodology, which includes comparisons to healthy controls, are needed. Thus, the primary aim of this study was to explore the effects on motor and cognitive dual-tasking in people with mild to moderate overall MS-disability, in comparison to healthy controls.

Test-Retest Reliability of the Mini-BESTest in People With Mild to Moderate Multiple Sclerosis.

Objective: The mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) is a balance measure for assessment of the underlying physiological systems for balance control in adults. Evaluations of test-retest reliability of the mini-BESTest in larger samples of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) are lacking. The purpose of this study was to investigate test-retest reliability of the mini-BESTest total and section sum scores and individual items in people with mild to moderate overall MS disability.

Kidney segmentation in neck-to-knee body MRI of 40,000 UK Biobank participants.

The UK Biobank is collecting extensive data on health-related characteristics of over half a million volunteers. The biological samples of blood and urine can provide valuable insight on kidney function, with important links to cardiovascular and metabolic health. Further information on kidney anatomy could be obtained by medical imaging.

Construct validity and test-retest reliability of the Swedish version of the Acceptance of Chronic Health Conditions Scale.

The Acceptance of Chronic Health Conditions Scale was developed to measure acceptance in chronic health conditions like multiple sclerosis (MS) and has been translated into Swedish (The Swedish Acceptance of Chronic Health Conditions Scale). The purpose of the present study was to evaluate construct validity and test-retest reliability of the Swedish Acceptance of Chronic Health Conditions Scale in a sample of 138 people with MS. Predefined hypotheses about relationships between the Swedish Acceptance of Chronic Health Conditions Scale and other measures, and the scale's ability to differentiate between groups were explored.