Calculate, track and understand your MS disease status across 3 metrics: Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), 9 hole peg test and Timed Walk.
This is version 1 of the system and will be updated once we have new tools for assessing the neurological systems and walking distance more accurately.
5-10 minute online assessment
Visit WebsiteIt is important to make an informed decision when choosing a disease-modifying treatment (DMT) for MS. By using this tool, you can find out which disease-modifying therapy is most suitable for your lifestyle.
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Visit WebsiteThe 9 hole peg test is the gold standard for monitoring arm and hand function in clinical trials. This cardboard version gives you independence from your neurologist, empowering you to test and monitor your own disease progression.
2 minute instructional video
Visit WebsiteLearn how to complete the timed 25ft walk, a quantitative measure of lower limb function.
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Visit WebsiteThis page will give you an overview of the benefits and risks of Natalizumab and allow you to calculate your risk.
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Visit WebsiteWhat to expect before, during and after your lumbar puncture procedure.
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Visit WebsiteA new hand and arm rehabilitation tool, and home-based training programme.
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Visit WebsiteClinicSpeak is a resource for people with MS. It is an ongoing project by Professor Gavin Giovannoni as a development of his ClinicSpeak blog posts on the Barts MS Research Blog.
It’s for people with MS, their families and clinicians. This website is a work in progress and we welcome your input to discover your needs.
We are starting with a couple of links, but over time we will test and improve these with valuable insights from you, our current readers. New updates will be posted on the Barts MS Research Blog. The progress and development of ClinicSpeak will also be reviewed by the Barts MS Advisory Group every three months.
We believe that the key to a successful resource is through open development. We welcome comments on the readability, legibility of graphs, images, content, tone and anything else.
Please bear with us, we’re in it for the long run.
Prof. Giovannoni
Blizard Institute
4 Newark Street
Whitechapel
London
E1 2AT
email: g.giovannoni@qmul.ac.uk