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Gentle touch may aid multiple sclerosis patients
Date:10/14/2009

ies. The gentle finger touch always helped to reduce grip force, making the task easier.

The UIC researcher said he and his colleagues plan to test the approach on those with other neurological and muscular diseases to examine the effects.

"We look forward to developing training and rehabilitation procedures on how to use this," said Aruin. "We know that MS patients are prone to fatigue and muscle weakness. This finding may enable them to perform daily activities more independently to improve their quality of life."


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Contact: Paul Francuch
francuch@uic.edu
312-996-3457
University of Illinois at Chicago
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