Abstracts

Poster-Imaging

Relationship of Functional Outcomes and Routinely Performed MRI Studies in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis: An Insight into the Frontal Lobe Structural Alterations

Background: Functional outcomes in multiple sclerosis (MS) have been thoroughly investigated over the last few decades. The Frontal lobe...

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Poster-Methods of Care

Floodlight MS: Using the Jobs-to-be-Done Framework to Identify Unmet Needs in Multiple Sclerosis Care to Support Digital Medical Device Development

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease, and people living with MS (PLwMS) often experience symptoms across numerous...

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Poster-Multidisciplinary Care

Brazilian Case of Telerehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis in the Pandemic Period By COVID-19

Background: The reception and rehabilitation services for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have been partially interrupted in most countries since...

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Poster-Methods of Care

Floodlight MS: Utilizing Rapid Prototyping and Human Factors Studies to Develop a Digital Medical Device for Patient-Centric MS Care

Background: In multiple sclerosis (MS), subtle disease progression starts early despite initial presentation. Early neurologic damage can...

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Poster-Imaging

Functional Neuroimaging Metrics Predict Processing Speed and Correlate with Disease Burden in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

Background: Currently, it is hypothesized that the presentation of cognitive impairment observed in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS)...

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Poster-Methods of Care

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Multiple Sclerosis: Results from an International Survey

Background: The broad impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) and their health, behaviors, and ability to...

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Poster-Imaging

Trajectories of the Frontal Lobe Structural Changes in Relation to Retrospective and Prospective Memory in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis

Background: Sophisticated cognitive and intellectual abilities are known to be attributed to the highly convoluted gyrencephalic brain in...

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Poster-Methods of Care

Improving Communication Gaps between Physicians Who Treat MS and the Health Insurance Community

Background: Bridging gaps in communication between managed care decision makers and multiple sclerosis (MS) clinical specialists can...

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Poster-Multidisciplinary Care

National African American Multiple Sclerosis Registry: Advancing Equitable Care and Outcomes for African Americans with Multiple Sclerosis

Background: Historically, multiple sclerosis (MS) has been underdiagnosed among African Americans with MS (AAwMS). Recent evidence suggests...

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Poster-Multidisciplinary Care

Health Resource Utilization Among Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis: Analysis from the North American Registry for Care and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (NARCRMS)

Background: The North American Registry for Care and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (NARCRMS) is a physician-based longitudinal registry of...

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