The importance of quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis: do they ...

• Author(s): Pedro, Luísa ; Pais-Ribeiro, José Luís
• Date: 2008
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/959
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
• Subject(s): Fisioterapia; Reabilitação; Esclerose múltipla; Qualidade de vida; Physiotherapy; Rehabilitation; Multiple sclerosis; Quality of life
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

Objective: To describe the importance of training multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with auxiliary walking devices (walking stick, crutch, or wheelchair) in a way that achieves a better quality of life (QOL). Design: Exploratory and descriptive. Setting: General hospital in Portugal.