The SIG Mobility and SIG Patient Autonomy are pleased to share the final program for their joint in-between meeting that will take place next October, 1^st. With the title "Empowerment: driving mobility forward", this virtual meeting is open to all the clinicians, researchers and students that are interested in the MS mobility problems and patient's autonomy empowerment.

If you are interested in attending this meeting, please don't forget to register answering a few questions in this form: https://forms.gle/WU5JpyR3qcYhhtDSA.

If you have any questions, please write to jointsig2021@gmail.com.

SIG Occupation’s digital in-between meeting. Friday, September 24th, 10.00h – 16.00h (UTC+1:00 time zone).

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The registration deadline is september 20^th!

Sinéad Hynes from the National University of Ireland, Galway has put together a program with broad variety of presentations and contributions from her colleagues and research partners. RIMS president, Daphne Kos, is our key note speaker with a presentation on fatigue. We are also excited to learn more about rehabilitation clinical practice from Russia. We hope you will find the program interesting and that you will join our meeting.
The meeting will be arranged as an online event using the digital meeting platform Zoom. A link to the event will be sent out to all registrants’ email addresses.

For questions, please contact chair of SIG Occupation, Inger Løyning  (ingergrethe.loyning@mssenteret.no)

ECTRIMS - Paper “Impact of COVID-19 on multiple sclerosis care and management”

Dear Sir, Dear Madam,

The Special Interest Group Mobility of the Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis (RIMS) network is launching an international survey study in order to understand the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity and physiotherapy practices. The study focuses on perspectives from both physiotherapists and from people with multiple sclerosis. The survey takes 15-20 minutes to complete, and the links can be found below in several different languages (separate surveys for people with MS and for physical therapists).

Can we kindly ask you to complete the survey and/or share the invitations (including links) below?

• with your network of physical therapists working with people
• with multiple sclerosis with people with multiple sclerosis

More information about the aims of the study is found on the first page of the link.

Thank you for your contribution in advance.

Kind regards,
Prof. Daphne Kos
On behalf of collaborating partners
Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis (RIMS - www.eurims.org)

RIMS survey on impact of COVID pandemic on physical activity and physical therapy practice

During the COVID-19 pandemic we all had to change our habits. To explore changes in physical activity of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and changes in physical therapy services for people with MS (access, type of treatment, delivery mode, practical, etc) during the COVID pandemic, the RIMS (Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis) network initiated this survey study.

The study involves a survey on the experiences of people with MS with physical activity participation (physiotherapy, exercise and/or leisure activities) both before the COVID pandemic and in current times.

Besides, the study involves a short survey on the experiences of physical therapists about the delivery of their physiotherapy practice both before the COVID pandemic and in current times.

The study includes a mixture of both closed and open-ended questions, and should take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. There are separate survey links for people with MS and therapists.

Thank you for participating!

Thanks to the support of our community, RIMS was able to organize several activities in 2020. Read all about it in our RIMS Annual Report 2020!

Registration site is open!

Dear RIMS community,

We are glad to announce that the registrations for the 26^th Annual RIMS Conference are now open!
The topic “Transforming Rehabilitation in MS through Collective Learning: Maximising Stakeholder Engagement”, is paving the way to a top-notch final scientific programme, and will focus on the following 3 areas: Neuro-biological Effect of Rehabilitation, Digital Health and Impact on COVID-19.
This digital edition will offer you a varied programme of interesting lectures, panel discussions, abstract presentations and poster sessions. On Saturday afternoon you can follow one of our Special Interest Groups meetings.

Join us virtually from November 26^th - 27^th and mark the upcoming deadline in your agenda:

• November 16^th: end of regular registration fee

RIMS members can benefit from a reduced registration fee. RIMS center members can register 6 delegates at a reduced fee. Have a look at the advantages here and become a RIMS member now! More information on the 26th Annual Conference can be found on our website: www.rims-annualconference.org/Digital2021