The effect of stretching together aerobic exercises on fatigue level in multiple sclerosis ‎patients refer to MS society of Iran those suffer from fatigue

Introduction: Multiple sclerosis disease is the result of delimitation of central nervous system which &lrm;can harm fatigue is among the most common symptom of Multiple Sclerosis. Although exercise is &lrm;administered to Multiple Sclerosis patients, comparison type of exercise on the fatigue level has not &lrm;been established.&lrm; Objective: This research has been conducted to evaluate the effect of stretching with aerobic on &lrm;fatigue levels in Multiple Sclerosis patients.&lrm; Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, sample included &lrm;&rlm;80&rlm;&lrm; MS patients referring to MS society &lrm;in Tehran who were chosen by simple sampling according to inclusion criteria and were randomly &lrm;divided into two groups (stretching with aerobics and control group). Data gathering tool included &lrm;a two part questionnaire covering demographic variables, disease related information and fatigue &lrm;severity scales (FSS). Exercise was done for six weeks (&lrm;&rlm;18&rlm;&lrm; sessions) and immediately after sessions &lrm;completed, fatigue severity was measured by FSS. The gathered data was analyzed using statistical &lrm;method: chi-square, paired& independent T, Analysis of covariance by SPSS software.&lrm; Results: Findings showed severe fatigue (&lrm;&rlm;35%&rlm;&lrm;), moderate and slight fatigue (&lrm;&rlm;12.5%&rlm;&lrm;) before &lrm;stretching and aerobics. But most samples (&lrm;&rlm;92.5%&rlm;&lrm;) had slight fatigue after stretching and aerobics &lrm;and in control group most samples (&lrm;&rlm;40%&rlm;&lrm;) remained in the state of before study. The Independent T-&lrm;Test showed a significant difference between two groups' severity of fatigue (P<&lrm;&rlm;0.001&rlm;&lrm;). &lrm; &nbsp;Conclusion: Aerobics with stretching is very effective in reducing fatigue. Perhaps aerobics with &lrm;stretching in addition to increasing energy relieves muscle spasms and decreases harm and also &lrm;increases flexibility and decreases fatigue. &lrm;