A recent study at the University of Illinois shows that exercise for Multiple Sclerosis patients not only makes the body fit, but significantly improves scores on cognitive function tests. The results of the study were strengthened when MRI scans showed that when exercise for MS patients was included as part of an overall disease management program, the highly fit patients showed less damage to the parts of the brain showing deterioration and more gray matter volume than similar less fit patients.

It seems that specifically, aerobic exercise for MS sufferers seemed to have a protective effect on regions of the brain that Multiple Sclerosis targets most often. The fittest patients perform better on tests and tasks that measure the brain’s ability process information faster.

Exercise for MS always a good idea, but more gray matter not an expected outcome

There are volumes of reports and studies’ showing that …