About the Authors

Daniel Kreiter

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

d.kreiter@zuyderland.nl

Affiliations Academic MS Center Zuyd, Department of Neurology, Zuyderland MC, Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Niels Franken

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Faculty of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Demmie Bouweriks

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Academic MS Center Zuyd, Department of Neurology, Zuyderland MC, Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Stephanie Knippenberg

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Academic MS Center Zuyd, Department of Neurology, Zuyderland MC, Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Raymond Hupperts

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Academic MS Center Zuyd, Department of Neurology, Zuyderland MC, Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Oliver Gerlach

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Academic MS Center Zuyd, Department of Neurology, Zuyderland MC, Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Niels Franken has nothing to disclose. Daniel Kreiter, Demmie Bouweriks, Stephanie Knippenberg, Oliver Gerlach, Raymond Hupperts received institutional research grants and a grant from Nationaal MS fonds not related to this research; RH received fees for lectures and advisory boards from Biogen, Merck and Genzyme-Sanofi.