Lower physical activity is associated with higher disease burden in pediatric multiple sclerosis
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- Received January 30, 2015
- Accepted in final form June 24, 2015
- First Published August 12, 2015.
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Author Disclosures
- Stephanie A. Grover, MSc,
- Berengere Aubert-Broche, PhD,
- Dumitru Fetco, MD,
- D. Louis Collins, PhD,
- Douglas L. Arnold, MD,
- Marcia Finlayson, PhD,
- Brenda L. Banwell, MD,
- Robert W. Motl, PhD and
- E. Ann Yeh, MD
- Stephanie A. Grover, MSc,
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- Berengere Aubert-Broche, PhD,
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- Dumitru Fetco, MD,
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- D. Louis Collins, PhD,
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consultant for NeuroRx Research, Montreal
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consultant for NeuroRx Research, Montreal
Collins (PI) 06/01/2010 ? 09/31/2011 CECR Centres of Excellence Commercialization Research Grant ($85,050 total) Validation of MRI tools to facilitate the development of drugs to treat prodromal Alzheimer?s disease (MCI) Role: PI Collins (PI) 06/01/2010 ? 09/31/2011 CECR Centre of Excellence Commercialization and Research Grant MR Venography for Image Guided Neurosurgery ($57,500 total) Role: CO-PI Collins (PI) 04/01/2009 ? 03/31/2013 CHRP Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC & CIHR) Computational and statistical tools for image-guided neurosurgery of brain tumours ($628,198 total) Role: PI Collins (PI) 04/01/2009 ? 03/31/2013 CIHR Operating Grant Image guided neurosurgery: Improving guidance during spinal surgery ($ 1,004,631 total) Role: PI RGPIN238739-06 Collins (PI) 04/01/2006 ? 03/31/2012 NSERC Discovery grant Image guided surgery ($230,000 total). New tools for atlas creation and patient customization for image guided neuro surgery will be developed. Role: PI MOP 84367 Arnold (PI) 05/01/2007 ? 04/31/2012 CIHR Operating grant Magnetic resonance imaging of multiple sclerosis ($564,000 total). Development of MRI acquisition and processing tools for MS. Role: co-PI STPGP 350547 Collins (PI) 10/1/2007 ? 4/31/2011 NSERC Strategic grant ($648,000 total). Tissue segmentation in MRI Development and validation of lesion classification methods from multi-site MRI data. Role: PI
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- Douglas L. Arnold, MD,
Acorda Therapeutics, Biogen Idec, Serono, Genentech, Genzyme, GSK, Hoffman LaRoche, Innate Therapetuics, MedImmune, Mitsubishi, Novartis, Receptos, Opexa Therapeutics, Receptos, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, Teva, Xenoport
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Method of evaluating the efficacy of drug on brain nerve cells
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Biogen Idec, Novartis
CIHR 15630 co-PI 2007 2012 CIHR 84360 co-PI 2007-2012 CIHR 84367 PI 2007-2012 CIHR 111169 coPI 2011-2014 CIHR 43871 co-PI 2010-2015
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Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Multiple Sclerosis Research Foundation
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NeuroRx Research, 2002-2013
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- Marcia Finlayson, PhD,
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(1) Consortium of MS Centres, travel and speaker honoraria, (2) Rehabilitation in MS (RIMS), travel and speaker honararia, (3) National MS Education and Training Network, travel
(1) International Journal of MS Care, board member, 2 years
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(1) Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation: From Impairment to Participation, CRC/Taylor Francis, 2012;
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(1) Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 129594, PI, 2013-14
(1) Queen's University
(1) Consortium of MS Centres (2) Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, (3) National Multiple Sclerosis Society
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1) Falls Prevention Strategies Survey, copyright owned by University of Illinois at Chicago - receive a portion of license fees; (3) Safe at Home BAASE (falls prevention program for people with MS), copyright owned by University of Illinois at Chicago - receive a portion of license fees
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- Brenda L. Banwell, MD,
Scientific Advisory Board, Biogen-IDEC, Sanofi, Eli Lilly, Novartis.
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I have received speaker's honoraria or travel support to speak at sponsored meetings from Biogen-IDEC, Merck- Serono, Teva Neuroscience and Bayer. I have not received this for more than 2 years.
I serve on the Editorial Board for Neurology. I receive no financial remuneration. I also serve on the Editorial Board for a new journal, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. I receive compensation for this work .
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I have served as a consultant to Biogen-IDEC, Eli Lilly, Sanofi.
I have spoken at an event supported by the Consortium of MS Centers
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Multiple Sclerosis Scientific Research Foundation National Multiple Sclerosis Society
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- Robert W. Motl, PhD and
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Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, Associate Editor, 2014-2015.
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(1) Biogen IDEC, (2) Acorda Therapeutics.
(1) EMD Serono
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(1) Bioegn Idec, (2) Acorda Therapeutics
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(1) NMSS, RG 4491A3/1, PI, 2011-2015; (2) NMSS, RG 5144A6/1, PI, 2014-2018; (3) NMSS, MB 0029, PI, 2014-2019; (4) NMSS, IL 0017, PI, 2014-2015.
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- E. Ann Yeh, MD
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Neurology, editorial advisory board, 2013-present.
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1) CIHR, Co-I. PI: Pohl 2) PCORI, Co-I, CE-1304-7079 3) CMSMS (CIHI/PHAC), MS Monitoring system pilot funding
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1) National MS Society HC 0148 2) National MS Society PP2256 3) MS Society (Canada) 4) Dairy Farmers of Ontario 5) SickKids Innovation Fund 6) MS Research Foundation (Canada) 7) Rare Diseases Foundation
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- From the Division of Neurology (S.A.G., E.A.Y.), Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, and Program in Neurosciences and Mental Health, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Montreal Neurological Institute (B.A.-B., D.F., D.L.C., D.L.A.), McGill University; the School of Rehabilitation Therapy (M.F.), Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada; the Division of Neurology (B.L.B.), the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA; and the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health (R.W.M.), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Correspondence to Dr. Yeh: ann.yeh{at}sickkids.ca
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