Multiple Sclerosis articles
Multiple Sclerosis
Articles on multiple sclerosis: tracking motor, visual, and cognitive changes between visits and what patterns your MS team wants to see.
Multiple sclerosis is a condition of episodes and trends: relapses that come and go, gradual changes in walking, coordination, vision, or cognition that only become visible in retrospect. The MS articles collected on this page focus on the between-visit layer: what to notice, how to structure a home log, and how repeated, guided assessments help separate a genuine change from an ordinary bad day. Each article points back to the multiple sclerosis condition page and links to the assessments most commonly relevant to MS symptom tracking.
13 articles
Difficulty Walking: Neurological Signs to Track and When to Seek Care
Difficulty walking can have neurological, musculoskeletal, medication-related, and other causes. Learn what changes to track and when to seek care.
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Read article30-Second Sit-to-Stand Test: What It Measures
Learn what the 30-second sit-to-stand test measures, how chair setup and counting affect results, and how to track change without self-diagnosing.
9 min read
Read articleProcessing Speed Test: What Slower Responses Can Mean
Learn what a processing speed test measures, why accuracy and device setup matter, and how to interpret repeated slower responses responsibly.
8 min read
Read articleCoordination Test at Home: What It Measures and How to Track Change
Learn what coordination tasks observe, how vision, sensation, strength, timing, and devices affect results, and when change needs clinical evaluation.
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Read articleVisual Motor Test: How Vision and Movement Work Together
Understand visual-motor tests, including matching, tracing, timing, accuracy, device effects, and why results require vision and movement context.
7 min read
Read articleMultiple Sclerosis Fatigue: How to Track Patterns and Triggers
Learn how to track multiple sclerosis fatigue, daily function, sleep, heat, illness, and medication context without confusing a symptom record with treatment advice.
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Read articleCognitive Changes in Multiple Sclerosis: Memory, Attention, and Processing Speed
Understand how multiple sclerosis may affect memory, attention, and processing speed, what to track at home, and why repeated assessments require clinical context.
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Read articleHeat Sensitivity in Multiple Sclerosis: How to Track Symptom Changes
Learn how heat may temporarily affect multiple sclerosis symptoms, what context to record, and when symptom changes need prompt medical evaluation.
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Read articleGait Analysis at Home: Balance Changes to Track
Learn how gait analysis at home can track walking speed, turning, balance, and fatigue—and how to summarize meaningful changes for a clinician.
10 min read
Read articleFall Risk Assessment: What to Track Between Visits
Learn what a fall risk assessment covers, how to log falls, near-falls, gait, balance, medicines, and hazards, and when to contact a clinician.
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Read articleGait Analysis for Neurological Conditions: A Practical Guide
How gait analysis is used in Parkinson's, MS, and other neurological conditions, what a clinical gait exam looks for, and how home walking check-ins add signal.
9 min read
Read articleLow-Contrast Vision Changes in MS: What to Notice
Why low-contrast vision matters in multiple sclerosis, how to notice subtle changes at home, and how to track them between neurology visits.
9 min read
Read articleWhy Between-Visit Data Matters in Neurology
Neurology visits are short and infrequent. Between-visit patient-reported data closes the gap by turning single snapshots into a trend clinicians can act on.
7 min read
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