MS Trust supported projects
One of the main objectives of the MS Trust is to provide funding for applied research that can make a difference to the lives of people who are living with MS now. We focus on supporting studies in three key areas:
- improving services
- improving treatments
- improving support
These are some of the research projects that have received MS Trust grants:
- The value of MS specialist nurses, leading to support for a national programme for the development of more specialist posts. The numbers have now grown to around 200 and we continue to campaign for more.
- The value of fatigue management programmes - over 60% of people with MS experience severe fatigue on a daily basis. Another charity has now funded a much larger multi-centre trial for the researcher, following on from this pilot study
- The value of functional electrical stimulation (FES) to improve walking for people with MS. The FES device has now been approved for use by NICE
- Our audits of MS services with the Royal College of Physicians have demonstrated shortcomings in MS services and provide evidence to challenge those who have the ability to make the improvements needed
- The effectiveness of physiotherapy in MS, showing that after treatment, patients also felt a reduction in the distress associated with mobility problems