Published December 12, 2022 | Version v1

Fragmentation, circadian amplitude, and fractal pattern of daily-living physical activity in people with multiple sclerosis: Is there relevant information beyond the total amount of physical activity?

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Abstract

Background

Physical activity is lower in people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) compared to healthy controls. Previous work focused on studying activity levels or activity volume, but studies of daily-living rest-activity fragmentation patterns, circadian rhythms, and fractal regulation in pwMS are limited. Based on findings in other cohorts, one could suggest that these aspects of daily-living physical activity will provide additional information about the health and well-being of pwMS. Therefore, here, we aimed to (1) identify which fragmentation, fractal, and circadian amplitude measures differ between pwMS and healthy controls, (2) evaluate the relationship between fragmentation, fractal, and circadian amplitude measures and disease severity, and (3) begin to evaluate the added value of those measures, as compared to more conventional measures of physical activity (e.g., mean signal vector magnitude (SVM). A global measure of the overall volume of physical activity).

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European Commission
MOBILISE-D - Connecting digital mobility assessment to clinical outcomes for regulatory and clinical endorsement 820820