TY - JOUR AU - Joisten, Niklas AU - Rademacher, Annette AU - Bloch, Wilhelm AU - Schenk, Alexander AU - Oberste, Max AU - Dalgas, Ulrik AU - Langdon, Dawn AU - Caminada, Daniel AU - Purde, Mette-Triin AU - Gonzenbach, Roman AU - Kool, Jan AU - Zimmer, Philipp AU - Bansi, Jens TI - Influence of different rehabilitative aerobic exercise programs on (anti-) inflammatory immune signalling, cognitive and functional capacity in persons with MS - study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. JO - BMC neurology VL - 19 IS - 1 SN - 1471-2377 CY - Heidelberg PB - Springer M1 - DKFZ-2019-00826 SP - 37 PY - 2019 AB - Studies have shown positive effects of therapeutic exercise on motor- and cognitive function as well as on psychosocial outcomes in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). A reduction of inflammatory stress through physical exercise has been suspected as one key mechanism, mediating the positive effects of exercise in the context of MS. The primary objective of this trial is to investigate the acute and chronic effects of different exercise modalities on (anti-)inflammatory immune signalling as well as on cognitive and functional capacity in persons with MS.A two armed single-blind randomized controlled design will investigate 72 persons with relapsing remitting or secondary progressive MS (EDSS 3.0-6.0), during 3 weeks of inpatient rehabilitation. Participants will be randomized into either a high-intensity interval training (HIIT) or a moderate continuous training group; the latter represents the local standard therapy (ST). Both groups will exercise 3x per week. The HIIT group will perform 5 × 1.5-min high-intensive exercise bouts at 95-100 LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:30849952 C2 - pmc:PMC6407211 DO - DOI:10.1186/s12883-019-1267-9 UR - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/143227 ER -