GloSea5, a seasonal forecast system of the UK Met Office, shows reasonable skill among state-of-the-art operational systems. However, average surface temperature (T2m) in winter (December–February) GloSea5 is particularly low East Asia. To improve over Asia, we focused on high score global teleconnection patterns simulated by GloSea5. Among well-predicted patterns, selected those highly correla...

OBJECTIVE To investigate accidental falls and near fall incidents in people with multiple sclerosis with respect to clinical variables and the predictive values of four tests. DESIGN A longitudinal, multi-centred cohort study with prospectively collected falls. PROCEDURES Self-reported incidents during the three months following a standardized test procedure. SUBJECTS Seventy-six people w...

Abstract Introduction: Multiple sclerosis is one the most common diseases of the central nervous system. Fatigue and depression are common symptoms of the disorder. The identification of the factors associated with fatigue can help to solve this problem and subsequently, reduce the problems of these patients. Objective: This study aimed to determine the predictor role of depression in...

fatigue is recognized as one of the most disabling and frequent symptoms of multiple sclerosis (ms). amantadine appears to have some proven ability to alleviate the fatigue in ms. the aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of co-administration of amantadine and aspirin for the treatment of fatigue in multiple sclerosis. forty-five ambulatory patients aged 20–50 years with a diagnosis of m...

background: intravenous immunoglobulin (ivig) is an established treatment of immune mediated demyelinating neuropathy including guillain-barré syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. recent trials suggest its efficacy in treating relapsing- remitting multiple sclerosis. ivig exerts a number of effects, which may be beneficial in treating multiple sclerosis (ms): reductio...

background: multiple sclerosis is accompanied by secondary clinical signs such as insomnia. considering the side effects of drugs and also increasing acceptability of psychotherapy methods in health systems, we aimed to determine the effect of group cognitive behavioral therapy on the quality of sleep in women with multiple sclerosis in 2014. methods: this study is a randomized controlled clini...