Abstract
Background: People with multiple sclerosis (MS) have a decreased level of motion activities in comparison to ordinary population. However, rehabilitation therapy and regular motion activity may positively influence the symptoms of this disease and therefore it is important to motivate patients with MS to suitable forms of motion activities.
Aims of this study was to discover the conditions that patients with MS find as the most significant obstacles of their motion activities. Methods: The study was cperformed in 16 cities across all Czech Republic.
Participants were people with MS and healthy control subjects who filled up Czech version of the Bariers Being Active Quiz questionnaire and stated their basic demographic characteristics. Results: 193 people with MS (33 men) and 47 healthy controls (16 men).
For MS patients, the mean age was 47.07 years (20-71 years) and the control group of healthy subjects was the average age of 42.4 years (23-69 years). People with MS say their lack of energy (fatigue) of will and time as their biggest obstacle.
In healthy controls, the greatest obstacle was the lack of time, and only a greater distance away from the lack of will and fatigue. Conclusions: In contrast to healthy controls, people with MS are the biggest obstacle in the performance of physical activity, lack of energy.
Rehabilitation physicians or physiotherapists can help MS people with this appropriately chosen physical program and possibly overcome other obstacles and support them in regular exercise