About the Authors

Inez Wens

Contributed equally to this work with: Inez Wens, Ulrik Dalgas, Bert O. Eijnde

inez.wens@uhasselt.be

Affiliation REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, BIOMED Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building A, Diepenbeek, Belgium

Ulrik Dalgas

Contributed equally to this work with: Inez Wens, Ulrik Dalgas, Bert O. Eijnde

Affiliation Section of Sport Science, Dep. Public Health, Aarhus University, Dalgas Avenue 4, 8000, Aarhus, C, Denmark

Frank Vandenabeele

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, BIOMED Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building A, Diepenbeek, Belgium

Lotte Grevendonk

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, BIOMED Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building A, Diepenbeek, Belgium

Kenneth Verboven

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, BIOMED Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building A, Diepenbeek, Belgium

Dominique Hansen

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, BIOMED Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building A, Diepenbeek, Belgium

Bert O. Eijnde

Contributed equally to this work with: Inez Wens, Ulrik Dalgas, Bert O. Eijnde

Affiliation REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, BIOMED Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building A, Diepenbeek, Belgium

Competing Interests

Inez Wens received support from MS Fund Limburg, Flanders, to perform this research. Ulrik Dalgas has received research support, travel grants and/or teaching honorary from Biogen Idec, Merck Serono and Sanofi Aventis and further serves as PI for the ongoing Biogen sponsored ACTIMS study. Frank Vandenabeele, Maartje Krekels, Lotte Grevendonk, Kenneth Verboven and Dominique Hansen report no disclosure. Bert Op ’t Eijnde received support from MS Fund Limburg, Flanders, to perform this research. This does not alter our adherence to Plos One policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IW UD BOE. Performed the experiments: IW FV LG KV DH. Analyzed the data: IW UD BOE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IW UD BOE. Wrote the paper: IW UD FV LG KV DH BOE.