The Effect of Cognitive Task on Postural Sway in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating disease that due to the involvement of multiple areas in central nercous system, including sensorimotor system can impair the patients,balance. Purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of cognitive task on postural sway in multiple sclerosis patients. Twenty volunteer men and women with multiple sclerosis (mean ±SD age: 41.85± 12.59 years old and EDSS score 0-5) from Tehran multiple sclerosis association and twenty healthy adults (mean ±SD age: 46.52± 8/6 years old) were participated in this study and area of postural sway measured in 3 different level by static stabilometer. Repeated measurment test were used for statistical analysis (P