Physical Activity in Multiple Sclerosis: Meeting the Guidelines at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ludovico Pedullà¹, Carme Santoyo-Medina, Klara Novotna+12

• ¹Scientific Research Area, Italian Multiple Sclerosis Foundation (FISM), Genoa, Italy (L.P., A.T.); Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis (RIMS), Leuven, Belgium (L.P., C.S.-M., K.N., L.M., T.S., E.C.A., M.L.L., Y.L., A.K., F.G., U.N., D.K., J.J., S.C., A.T.); Centre d'Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya (Cemcat), Neurology-Neuroimmunology Department & Neurorehabilitation Unit, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (C.S.-M.); Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (C.S.-M.); Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic (K.N.); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic (K.N.); UMSC Hasselt, Pelt, Belgium (L.M.); REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium (L.M.); IPEM Institute of Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium (L.M.); The Norwegian Multiple Sclerosis Competence Centre, Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway (T.S.); The Norwegian Multiple Sclerosis Registry and Biobank, Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway (T.S.); Department of Physiotherapy, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway (T.S.); Faculty of Nursing and Health Science, Nord University, Bodø, Norway (E.C.A.); Department of Health and Work, Nordland Hospital Trust, Bodø, Norway (E.C.A.); Centre for Health, Activity and Rehabilitation Research, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Musselburgh, United Kingdom (M.L.L.); Discipline of Exercise Science, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia (Y.L.); Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics, and Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia (Y.L.); Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Perth, Australia (Y.L.); Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel (A.K.); Multiple Sclerosis Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel (A.K.); Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey (F.G.); Centre for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (U.N.); Research Group for Neurorehabilitation, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium (D.K.); National Multiple Sclerosis Center Melsbroek, Melsbroek, Belgium (D.K.); IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Milan, Italy (J.J.); Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland and Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland (S.C.); and University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland (S.C.).