title: Defining the Role of Physiotherapy in Palliative Care in Multiple Sclerosis.
abstract: With increasing prevalence of multiple sclerosis worldwide, India too has transitioned from low to medium prevalence region. This increases the overall burden of a number of people suffering from a chronic progressive disorder. Such scenario underlines the need for an early comprehensive and holistic patient management plan, aiming to provide a better quality of life. The presented case is one such example of a patient-centered, and interdisciplinary team approach for better management of a patient suffering from an incurable, progressive disorder. As physiotherapists tend to spend a considerable amount of time with their patients on a regular basis, it becomes imperative to view all the patient related problems from a wider angle and endeavor to address each of them individually/collaboratively. In a palliative care setting, physiotherapy can no longer be considered as only physical symptom management approach but a patient care approach considering their entire physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual needs. This novel case report shall serve as a guiding strategy for physiotherapists to work in the domain of palliative care.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurology and Neurorehabilitaion, Bihar Neurodiagnostic Centre, Patna, India.
authors.forename: Darshpreet
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Gunjan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Departments of R.V. College of Physiotherapy, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Nidhi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Billore
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurology and Neurorehabilitaion, Bihar Neurodiagnostic Centre, Patna, India.
authors.forename: Ajay Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Singh
keywords: Interdisciplinary approach; Multiple sclerosis; Palliative care; Patient-centered physiotherapy