Problems of recruitment of patients followed for multiple sclerosis: Experience of the rehabilitation and functional rehabilitation department of the Mohammed V Military Hospital in Rabat.

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Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating and autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. It represents the first cause of disability in young subjects. Its management is multidisciplinary, involving several specialties (neurology, functional rehabilitation and its contributors (physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, psychiatry...). Several rehabilitation methods have proven their effectiveness on the different aspects of the disease and aim to improve the quality of life of patients primarily. We have noticed in our hospital a reduced number of patients referred for MS compared to the number received in the neurology department. Hence the aim of our study which was interested in determining the cause of this lack of recruitment. The main cause is the lack of referral to a specialized structure in functional rehabilitation medicine. All this leads us to conclude that specialists should not hesitate to send patients with multiple sclerosis to functional rehabilitation whenever the opportunity arises.

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