Recently, Sumowski and Leavitt
1
demonstrated that resting body temperature in people with relapsing-remitting multiple
sclerosis (MS) is in fact elevated compared with healthy controls and is strongly
associated with worsened fatigue. Their findings support the body of evidence that
high ambient temperatures cause an increase in body temperature, and are known then
to not only trigger worsened fatigue but also to exacerbate walking difficulty
2
and falls risk.
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Published online: January 08, 2015
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- The Authors RespondArchives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationVol. 96Issue 3
- PreviewWe recently reported elevated body temperature and its association to fatigue in persons with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS).1 The response by Mooney cites our article in support of a link between body temperature and environmental temperature that we actually did not investigate. In fact, we are currently most interested in investigating endogenous factors we believe to be related to body temperature elevations in persons with RRMS. Specifically, we are investigating a novel hypothesis of body temperature as a biomarker of inflammatory events in the brains of people with RRMS.
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