The home health nurse is planning an exercise program for a patient with multiple sclerosis (MS). Which exercise would be most beneficial for this patient?
a. Swimming
b. Progressive walking
c. Weight training
d. Isometric exercises
A
An exercise program is very beneficial for the MS patient to relieve spasticity and improve coor-dination (Harmon, 2011). Because of fatigue, it is often difficult to convince MS patients to ex-ercise. Swimming provides considerable benefits as exercising in water is less fatiguing than ex-ercising out of water.
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