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Hosseini M, Thomas R, Pilutti L, Fallavollita P, Jutai JW. Acceptance of physical activity virtual reality games by residents of long-term care facilities: a scoping review. Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. 2024 Oct;19(7):2482-2490. doi: 10.1080/17483107.2023.2298839. Epub 2023 Dec 26. Review. PubMed PMID: 38146958.
Hosseini M, Thomas R, Pilutti L, Fallavollita P, Jutai JW. Assessing virtual reality acceptance in long-term care facilities: a quantitative study with older adults. Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. 2024 Oct;19(7):2602-2614. doi: 10.1080/17483107.2023.2295946. Epub 2023 Dec 26. PubMed PMID: 38146956.
Fakolade A, Jackson A, Cardwell KL, Finlayson M, O'Sullivan TL, Tomasone JR, Pilutti LA. DigiTRAC: Qualitative insights from knowledge users to inform the development of a Digital Toolkit for enhancing resilience among multiple sclerosis caregivers. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2024 Aug;88:105736. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2024.105736. Epub 2024 Jun 22. PubMed PMID: 38954857.
Hosseini M, Thomas R, Pilutti L, Fallavollita P, Jutai JW. Acceptance of physical activity virtual reality games by residents of long-term care facilities: A qualitative study. PLoS One. 2024;19(6):e0305865. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305865. eCollection 2024. PubMed PMID: 38917119; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11198859.
Motl RW, Russell DI, Pilutti LA, Metse AP, Marck CH, Chan B, Zheng P, Learmonth YC. Drop-out, adherence, and compliance in randomized controlled trials of exercise training in multiple sclerosis: Short report. Mult Scler. 2024 Apr;30(4-5):605-611. doi: 10.1177/13524585241229332. Epub 2024 Feb 9. PubMed PMID: 38333909.
Silveira SL, Motl RW, Sandroff BM, Pilutti LA, Cutter GR. Randomized Controlled Trial of the Behavioral Intervention for Physical Activity in Multiple Sclerosis Project: Response Heterogeneity and Predictors of Change. Int J Behav Med. 2024 Feb 7;. doi: 10.1007/s12529-024-10265-7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38326673.
Cardwell K, Awadia Z, McKenna O, Venasse M, Hume T, Ludgate J, Freedman M, Finlayson M, Latimer-Cheung A, Pilutti LA, Fakolade A. Physical activity together for MS (PAT-MS): Secondary outcomes of a randomized controlled feasibility trial. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2024 Feb;82:105399. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2023.105399. Epub 2023 Dec 22. PubMed PMID: 38184911.
Fakolade A, Awadia Z, Cardwell K, McKenna O, Venasse M, Hume T, Ludgate J, Freedman MS, Finlayson M, Latimer-Cheung AE, Pilutti LA. Physical Activity Together for Multiple Sclerosis (PAT-MS): A randomized controlled feasibility trial of a dyadic behaviour change intervention. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2023 Dec;36:101222. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2023.101222. eCollection 2023 Dec. PubMed PMID: 37928934; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10622616.
Fakolade A, Cardwell KL, Ross-White A, Broitman E, Chow E, Hume TA, Keeling M, Ludgate J, Pilutti LA. Exploring usability characteristics in computer-based digital health technologies for family caregivers of people with chronic progressive conditions: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evid Synth. 2023 Dec 1;21(12):2413-2421. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-23-00010. PubMed PMID: 37641814.
Cardwell KL, Hume TA, McKenna OJ, Pilutti LA, Fakolade A. Symptom Management Among Multiple Sclerosis Care Partners in Canada. Int J MS Care. 2023 Nov-Dec;25(6):281-287. doi: 10.7224/1537-2073.2022-113. Epub 2023 Nov 8. PubMed PMID: 37969913; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10634598.
Cardwell KL, Koch L, McKenna OJ, Pilutti LA, Fakolade A. Mapping Resilience: Structural Equation Modeling of Psychological Resilience in Multiple Sclerosis Care Partners. Int J MS Care. 2023 Nov-Dec;25(6):245-251. doi: 10.7224/1537-2073.2023-078. Epub 2023 Nov 8. PubMed PMID: 37969910; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10634600.
Learmonth YC, P Herring M, Russell DI, Pilutti LA, Day S, Marck CH, Chan B, Metse AP, Motl RW. Safety of exercise training in multiple sclerosis: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Mult Scler. 2023 Nov;29(13):1604-1631. doi: 10.1177/13524585231204459. Epub 2023 Oct 26. PubMed PMID: 37880997; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10637110.
Ramari C, Awadia Z, Bansi J, Casey B, Feys P, Pilutti LA, Sandroff BM, Paul L. The MoxFo initiative - outcomes: Outcome measures in studies of exercise training in multiple sclerosis; scoping review of reviews and classification according to the ICF framework. Mult Scler. 2023 Nov;29(13):1578-1594. doi: 10.1177/13524585231204451. Epub 2023 Oct 26. Review. PubMed PMID: 37880966.
Dalgas U, Riemenschneider M, Gold SM, Kalron A, Beckerman H, de Groot V, Dennett R, Edwards T, Pilutti LA, Freeman J. The MoXFo initiative - study design: Considerations related to study design and methodology in exercise research for people with multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler. 2023 Nov;29(13):1561-1568. doi: 10.1177/13524585231204456. Epub 2023 Oct 26. PubMed PMID: 37880962.
DeJonge SR, DuBose NG, Pilutti LA, Motl RW. Arterial stiffness in persons with multiple sclerosis and controls: Does aerobic fitness account for group differences?. Mult Scler. 2023 Nov;29(13):1684-1687. doi: 10.1177/13524585231199030. Epub 2023 Sep 11. PubMed PMID: 37691520.
Motl RW, Kidwell-Chandler A, Sandroff BM, Pilutti LA, Cutter GR, Aldunate R, Bollaert RE. Randomized controlled trial of the behavioral intervention for physical activity in multiple sclerosis project: Social cognitive theory variables as mediators. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2023 Oct;78:104933. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2023.104933. Epub 2023 Aug 9. PubMed PMID: 37586313.
Zheng P, Pilutti LA, DuBose NG, Motl RW. Vascular function and cognition in persons with multiple sclerosis: Preliminary examination. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2023 Mar;71:104578. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2023.104578. Epub 2023 Feb 15. PubMed PMID: 36805173.
Motl RW, Kidwell-Chandler A, Sandroff BM, Pilutti LA, Cutter GR, Aldunate R, Bollaert RE. Primary results of a phase-III, randomized controlled trial of the Behavioral Intervention for increasing Physical Activity in Multiple Sclerosis project. Mult Scler. 2023 Mar;29(3):415-426. doi: 10.1177/13524585221146430. PubMed PMID: 36843446.
Motl RW, Sandroff BM, Pilutti LA, Cutter GR, Aldunate R, Kidwell-Chandler A, Bollaert RE. Randomized controlled trial of the behavioral intervention for increasing physical activity in multiple sclerosis project: Secondary, patient-reported outcomes. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 Feb;125:107056. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.107056. Epub 2022 Dec 16. PubMed PMID: 36535606.
Fakolade A, McKenna O, Kamel R, Freedman MS, Finlayson M, Latimer-Cheung AE, Pilutti LA. Prioritizing Components of a Dyadic Physical Activity Intervention for People With Moderate to Severe Multiple Sclerosis and Their Care Partners: A Modified e-Delphi Study. Int J MS Care. 2023 Jan-Feb;25(1):8-14. doi: 10.7224/1537-2073.2021-079. Epub 2022 Jul 5. PubMed PMID: 36711219; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9881421.
McKenna O, Fakolade A, Cardwell K, Pilutti LA. A continuum of languishing to flourishing: exploring experiences of psychological resilience in multiple sclerosis family caregivers. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being. 2022 Dec;17(1):2135480. doi: 10.1080/17482631.2022.2135480. PubMed PMID: 36333904; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9645274.
Motl RW, Fernhall B, McCully KK, Ng A, Plow M, Pilutti LA, Sandroff BM, Zackowski KM. Lessons learned from clinical trials of exercise and physical activity in people with MS - guidance for improving the quality of future research. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2022 Dec;68:104088. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2022.104088. Epub 2022 Aug 5. Review. PubMed PMID: 35987111.
Cardwell K, McKenna O, Steffener J, Pilutti L, Fakolade A. Profiles of resilience in multiple sclerosis family care-partners: A Canadian cross-sectional study. Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin. 2022 Oct-Dec;8(4):20552173221138935. doi: 10.1177/20552173221138935. eCollection 2022 Oct-Dec. PubMed PMID: 36452463; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9703521.
Walker LAS, Berard JA, Islam T, Pilutti LA, Morrow SA, Finlayson M. Development of a behavioural intervention for cognitive fatigability in multiple sclerosis: Protocol for a pilot and feasibility study. Front Rehabil Sci. 2022;3:999266. doi: 10.3389/fresc.2022.999266. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 36518350; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9742940.
Goldlist S, Wijeyaratnam DO, Edwards T, Pilutti LA, Cressman EK. Assessing proprioceptive acuity in people with multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin. 2022 Jul-Sep;8(3):20552173221111761. doi: 10.1177/20552173221111761. eCollection 2022 Jul-Sep. PubMed PMID: 35837242; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9274812.
Edwards T, Michelsen AS, Fakolade AO, Dalgas U, Pilutti LA. Exercise training improves participation in persons with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Sport Health Sci. 2022 May;11(3):393-402. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2021.07.007. Epub 2021 Jul 27. Review. PubMed PMID: 34325022; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9189702.
McKenna O, Fakolade A, Cardwell K, Langlois N, Jiang K, Pilutti LA. Towards conceptual convergence: A systematic review of psychological resilience in family caregivers of persons living with chronic neurological conditions. Health Expect. 2022 Feb;25(1):4-37. doi: 10.1111/hex.13374. Epub 2021 Oct 22. Review. PubMed PMID: 34676951; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8849377.
Wijeyaratnam DO, Edwards T, Pilutti LA, Cressman EK. Assessing visually guided reaching in people with multiple sclerosis with and without self-reported upper limb impairment. PLoS One. 2022;17(1):e0262480. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262480. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 35061785; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8782348.
Farrell JW 3rd, Edwards T, Motl RW, Pilutti LA. Effect of Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling Exercise on Lower Limb Strength Asymmetry in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis. Int J MS Care. 2022 Jan-Feb;24(1):25-28. doi: 10.7224/1537-2073.2020-059. Epub 2021 May 17. PubMed PMID: 35261568; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8883814.
Venasse M, Gauthier A, Giroux I, Pilutti LA. Dietary intake and characteristics in persons with multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2021 Nov;56:103237. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.103237. Epub 2021 Sep 9. PubMed PMID: 34610566.
Learmonth YC, Pilutti LA, Herring MP, Motl RW, Chan B, Metse AP. Safety of exercise training in multiple sclerosis: a protocol for an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Syst Rev. 2021 Jul 20;10(1):208. doi: 10.1186/s13643-021-01751-0. PubMed PMID: 34284811; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8293520.
Farrell JW 3rd, Motl RW, Learmonth YC, Pilutti LA. Persons with Multiple Sclerosis Exhibit Strength Asymmetries in both Upper and Lower Extremities. Physiotherapy. 2021 Jun;111:83-91. doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2020.07.006. Epub 2020 Jul 25. PubMed PMID: 32888729.
Fakolade A, Cameron J, McKenna O, Finlayson ML, Freedman MS, Latimer-Cheung AE, Pilutti LA. Physical Activity Together for People With Multiple Sclerosis and Their Care Partners: Protocol for a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial of a Dyadic Intervention. JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Jun 1;10(6):e18410. doi: 10.2196/18410. PubMed PMID: 34061040; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8207253.
Motl RW, Sandroff BM, Benedict RH, Hubbard EA, Pilutti LA, Sutton BP. Do subcortical gray matter volumes and aerobic capacity account for cognitive-motor coupling in multiple sclerosis?. Mult Scler. 2021 Mar;27(3):401-409. doi: 10.1177/1352458520914822. Epub 2020 Mar 31. PubMed PMID: 32228278.
Hensman M, Motl RW, Pilutti LA, Fenton SAM, Duda JL, Douglas M, Veldhuijzen van Zanten JJCS. Comparison of sedentary behaviour questionnaires in people with multiple sclerosis. Disabil Rehabil. 2020 Dec;42(24):3488-3495. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1597179. Epub 2019 Apr 18. PubMed PMID: 30999778.
Pilutti LA, Fakolade A. Rehabilitation should be prescribed acutely in motor relapses - Commentary. Mult Scler. 2020 Dec;26(14):1825-1827. doi: 10.1177/1352458520958353. Epub 2020 Sep 16. PubMed PMID: 32935636.
Farrell JW 3rd, Merkas J, Pilutti LA. The Effect of Exercise Training on Gait, Balance, and Physical Fitness Asymmetries in Persons With Chronic Neurological Conditions: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Front Physiol. 2020;11:585765. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.585765. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 33281619; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7688661.
Kalb R, Brown TR, Coote S, Costello K, Dalgas U, Garmon E, Giesser B, Halper J, Karpatkin H, Keller J, Ng AV, Pilutti LA, Rohrig A, Van Asch P, Zackowski K, Motl RW. Exercise and lifestyle physical activity recommendations for people with multiple sclerosis throughout the disease course. Mult Scler. 2020 Oct;26(12):1459-1469. doi: 10.1177/1352458520915629. Epub 2020 Apr 23. PubMed PMID: 32323606; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7575303.
Dalgas U, Hvid LG, Kwakkel G, Motl RW, de Groot V, Feys P, Op't Eijnde B, Coote S, Beckerman H, Pfeifer K, Streber R, Peters S, Riemann-Lorenz K, Rosenkranz SC, Centonze D, Van Asch P, Bansi J, Sandroff BM, Pilutti LA, Ploughman M, Freeman J, Paul L, Dawes H, Romberg A, Kalron A, Stellmann JP, Friese MA, Heesen C. Moving exercise research in multiple sclerosis forward (the MoXFo initiative): Developing consensus statements for research. Mult Scler. 2020 Oct;26(11):1303-1308. doi: 10.1177/1352458520910360. Epub 2020 Mar 12. PubMed PMID: 32162578.
Fakolade A, Walters AJ, Cameron J, Latimer-Cheung AE, Pilutti LA. Healthy together: A systematic review of theory and techniques used in health interventions for persons with chronic neurological conditions and their caregivers. Patient Educ Couns. 2020 Apr;103(4):788-803. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.10.022. Epub 2019 Nov 5. Review. PubMed PMID: 31767245.
Silveira SL, Pilutti LA, Motl RW. No evidence of associations among body composition and symptoms in persons with multiple sclerosis. Rehabil Psychol. 2020 Feb;65(1):80-86. doi: 10.1037/rep0000292. Epub 2019 Sep 16. PubMed PMID: 31524430.
Pilutti LA, Motl RW. Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling Exercise for People with Multiple Sclerosis. Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2019 Nov 8;21(11):54. doi: 10.1007/s11940-019-0597-7. Review. PubMed PMID: 31705304.
Pilutti LA, Edwards T, Motl RW, Sebastião E. Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling Exercise in People with Multiple Sclerosis: Secondary Effects on Cognition, Symptoms, and Quality of Life. Int J MS Care. 2019 Nov-Dec;21(6):258-264. doi: 10.7224/1537-2073.2018-048. PubMed PMID: 31889930; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6928578.
Pilutti LA, Motl RW. Body composition and disability in people with multiple sclerosis: A dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry study. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2019 Apr;29:41-47. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2019.01.009. Epub 2019 Jan 3. PubMed PMID: 30658263.
Kinnett-Hopkins D, Learmonth Y, Hubbard E, Pilutti L, Roberts S, Fanning J, Wójcicki T, McAuley E, Motl R. The interpretation of physical activity, exercise, and sedentary behaviours by persons with multiple sclerosis. Disabil Rehabil. 2019 Jan;41(2):166-171. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1383519. Epub 2017 Nov 7. PubMed PMID: 29111839.
Sebastião E, Pilutti LA, Motl RW. Aerobic Fitness and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Cross-sectional Study. Int J MS Care. 2019 Jan-Feb;21(1):23-28. doi: 10.7224/1537-2073.2017-078. PubMed PMID: 30833869; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6390822.
Balto JM, Pilutti LA, Motl RW. Loneliness in Multiple Sclerosis: Possible Antecedents and Correlates. Rehabil Nurs. 2019 Jan/Feb;44(1):52-59. doi: 10.1097/rnj.0000000000000128. PubMed PMID: 30601432.
Sandroff BM, Pilutti LA, Motl RW. Cardiorespiratory fitness and cognitive processing speed in multiple sclerosis: The possible roles of psychological symptoms. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2019 Jan;27:23-29. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2018.09.033. Epub 2018 Oct 2. PubMed PMID: 30300849.
Edwards T, Motl RW, Sebastião E, Pilutti LA. Pilot randomized controlled trial of functional electrical stimulation cycling exercise in people with multiple sclerosis with mobility disability. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2018 Nov;26:103-111. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2018.08.020. Epub 2018 Sep 8. PubMed PMID: 30243234.
Ewanchuk BW, Gharagozloo M, Peelen E, Pilutti LA. Exploring the role of physical activity and exercise for managing vascular comorbidities in people with multiple sclerosis: A scoping review. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2018 Nov;26:19-32. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2018.08.022. Epub 2018 Aug 24. Review. PubMed PMID: 30216755.
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