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The Effects of Cooling on Multiple Sclerosis
Christopher J. Skok
7/11/2012
Edited: 6/16/14
Indiana University Bloomington
Abstract
An analysis of the benefits and advantages of utilizing cooling as a treatment for multiple sclerosis patients. Study was completed as a part of an internship for the Colllings Foundation of Stow, Massachusetts. Cooling has been seen as an alternative therapy in the current world of multiple sclerosis. Uhthoff’s phenomenon, the worsening of symptoms due to increases in temperature, has been seen to have an effect on MS patients and their quality of life. This paper proposes through primary as well as secondary research that cooling has a beneficial impact on MS suffers’ lives.
Published exclusively on ActiveMSers.org:
http://www.activemsers.org/effectsofcoolingonms.html
Christopher J. Skok
7/11/2012
Edited: 6/16/14
Indiana University Bloomington
Abstract
An analysis of the benefits and advantages of utilizing cooling as a treatment for multiple sclerosis patients. Study was completed as a part of an internship for the Colllings Foundation of Stow, Massachusetts. Cooling has been seen as an alternative therapy in the current world of multiple sclerosis. Uhthoff’s phenomenon, the worsening of symptoms due to increases in temperature, has been seen to have an effect on MS patients and their quality of life. This paper proposes through primary as well as secondary research that cooling has a beneficial impact on MS suffers’ lives.
Published exclusively on ActiveMSers.org:
http://www.activemsers.org/effectsofcoolingonms.html