Dr. Beth Barstow, PhD, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA

Dr. Beth Barstow, PhD, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA, is an associate professor and director of the low vision graduate certificate program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has over 20 years of experience working with adults and older adults with neurological impairment. A current line of research includes health promotion and development of a patient-provider model to facilitate exercise for individuals with multiple sclerosis. This includes multi-disciplinary grant funding and publications on
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Multiple Sclerosis: The Role of Occupational Therapy


2 Hours Instructional Level: Intermediate
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease of an unknown cause but thought to be autoimmune-triggered by genetic or environmental factors (National Institute of Health, n.d.). An inflammatory process that occurs within the central nervous system (CNS) leads to multifocal demyelination and axonal loss, mostly in the white matter, although this can also occur in the grey matter of the spinal cord and brain (Gajofatto & Benedetti, 2015). According to Wallin et...