Abstract
Abnormalities of movement are often the first outward signs that a person has multiple sclerosis (MS), and the loss of a movement skill, or the ability to perform a functional activity, may be the first indication to a patient or professional that MS is a progressively disabling disease. When motor disability increases to an arbitrary level of handicap, some people with MS may be referred for physiotherapy. By this stage disease has damaged the central nervous system, physical deficits will have created a level of functional impairment, and disabilities secondary to that caused by the MS may have developed.
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De Souza, L.H. (1990). Physiotherapy. In: Multiple Sclerosis. Therapy in Practice Series, vol 18. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3107-8_4
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