MS Society Responds To Daily Mail Article On MS, UK
Main Category: Multiple SclerosisArticle Date: 16 May 2007 - 3:00 PDT
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The Daily Mail carried an article headlined, "Goggles to help MS patients walk again", featuring claims that special goggles which use sound and visual effects can help 86% of people with MS to walk faster and take longer steps.
Evidence for this comes from two very small studies and improvements in walking speed and stride length were slight. Few conclusions can be drawn from these studies at this early stage.
Some previous research has indicated that sound and visual feedback can benefit people with MS, and using these together may be helpful to stabilise movement, but more research is needed before firm conclusions about the benefit or otherwise of these goggles can be drawn.
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