Abstracts

Poster-Multidisciplinary Care

Religiosity and Mental Health in Multiple Sclerosis

Background: People with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) often face the dysfunctions that accompany the disease, experiences that can lead to...

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Poster-Internet and Information Services

Use of an Infographic for Individualized Patient Discharge Instruction in the Spinal Cord Injured and Disorders Population

Background: Nurses are responsible for providing patients with discharge instructions. Often, limited instruction is provided to the...

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Poster-Family and Caregivers

Profiles of Resilience Among MS Care Partners

Background: Psychological resilience may play an important role in protecting multiple sclerosis (MS) care-partners from the negative...

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Poster-Epidemiology and Genetics

Baseline Cognitive Impairment in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Patients Enrolling in the US-Based Corrona MS Registry

Background: An estimated 85% of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) present with relapsing-remitting (RRMS) disease. There are few large...

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Poster-Imaging

Could Cerebral Autoregulatory Collapse Explain Cognitive Impairment in MS?

Background: Cognitive impairment occurs in almost 70% of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The pathophysiology of this impairment is...

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Poster-Internet and Information Services

MS and COVID-19: A Webinar Series for Healthcare Providers

Background: MS is a complex disease that requires a well- educated workforce. The COVID-19 pandemic added to that complexity- from the lack...

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Poster-Imaging

Importance of Cervical Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Monitoring of Hispanic Puerto Rican Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Background: Some Health Insurances in Puerto Rico (PR) limit the number of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures that can be done in...

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Poster-Imaging

Neural Correlates of Hand Motor Function Revealed By Structural MR Imaging: A Smartphone-Based Remote Assessment Study in People with MS

Background: Regional gray matter pathology is associated with hand motor impairment in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). Objectives:...

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Poster-Disease-modifying Therapy

Agnos Study Design: A Phase 4 Study Assessing Ofatumumab in Treatment-Naïve Young Adults with Early Relapsing Remitting MS Benchmarked Against Healthy Controls

Background: Early intervention with high efficacy therapies has been shown to reduce long-term disability accrual in patients with multiple...

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Poster-Epidemiology and Genetics

Population-Based Incidence and Clinico-Radiological Characteristics of Tumefactive Multiple Sclerosis in Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA

Background: Tumefactive multiple sclerosis (TMS) is a rare variant of multiple sclerosis presenting with large inflammatory lesions that...

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