Vaishali Vinod, Karolina Saegner, Walter Maetzler, Elke Warmerdam, Robbin Romijnders, Thorben Beyer, Robert Göder, Clint Hansen, Klarissa Stürner
BACKGROUND: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune, neurodegenerative disease that affects regular mobility and leads predominantly to physical disability. Poor sleep quality, commonly reported in MS patients, impacts their physical activity (PA). Accelerometers monitor 24-h activity patterns, offering insights into disease progression in daily life. OBJECTIVE: To test if the sleep quality variables of MS patients, as assessed with wrist-worn accelerometers, differ from those of controls and are associated with PA and disease severity variables...
March 22, 2024: Sleep Medicine