Assessing visually guided reaching in people with multiple sclerosis with and without self-reported upper limb impairment.

ABSTRACT: The ability to accurately complete goal-directed actions, such as reaching for a glass of water, requires coordination between sensory, cognitive and motor systems. When these systems are impaired, like in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS), deficits in movement arise. To date, the characterization of upper limb performance in PwMS has typically been limited to results attained from self-reported questionnaires or clinical tools. Our aim was to characterize visually guided reaching performance in PwMS. Thirty-six participants (12 PwMS who reported upper limb impairment (MS-R), 12 PwMS who reported not experiencing upper limb impairment (MS-NR), and 12 age- and sex-matched control participants without MS (CTL)) reached to 8 targets in a virtual environment while seeing a visual represent

SUBMITTER: Wijeyaratnam DO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8782348 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature