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(Abst.) NMSS establishes Wellness Research Working Group
« on: January 13, 2017, 12:30:16 pm »
From PubMed, January 13, 2017:

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Mult Scler. 2017 Jan 1:1352458516687404.

Wellness and multiple sclerosis: The National MS Society establishes a Wellness Research Working Group and research priorities.

Motl RW1, Mowry EM2, Ehde DM3, LaRocca NG4, Smith KE4, Costello K4, Shinto L5, Ng AV6, Sullivan AB7, Giesser B8, McCully KK9, Fernhall B10, Bishop M11, Plow M12, Casaccia P13, Chiaravalloti ND14.

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1Department of Physical Therapy, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
2Department of Epidemiology and Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
3Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
4National Multiple Sclerosis Society, New York, NY, USA.
5Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
6Exercise Science Program, Physical Therapy Department, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
7Mellen Center for MS, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
8Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
9Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
10College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
11Early Childhood, Special Education, and Rehabilitation Counseling, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
12Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
13Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Advanced Research Science Center, City University at New York, New York, NY, USA.
14Kessler Foundation, East Hanover, NJ, USA.

BACKGROUND:

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) have identified "wellness" and associated behaviors as a high priority based on "social media listening" undertaken by the National MS Society (i.e. the Society).

OBJECTIVE:

The Society recently convened a group that consisted of researchers with experience in MS and wellness-related research, Society staff members, and an individual with MS for developing recommendations regarding a wellness research agenda.

METHOD:

The members of the group engaged in focal reviews and discussions involving the state of science within three approaches for promoting wellness in MS, namely diet, exercise, and emotional wellness.

RESULTS:

That process informed a group-mediated activity for developing and prioritizing research goals for wellness in MS. This served as a background for articulating the mission and objectives of the Society's Wellness Research Working Group.

CONCLUSION:

The primary mission of the Wellness Research Working Group is the provision of scientific evidence supporting the application of lifestyle, behavioral, and psychosocial approaches for promoting optimal health of mind, body, and spirit (i.e. wellness) in people with MS as well as managing the disease and its consequences.
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