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Practical methods to identify those meeting PA recommendations are needed. This study aimed to develop a clinically useful approach combining patient-reported outcomes and objective measures to determine whether PwMS meet step count goals.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participants completed mobility assessments (static balance, reactive balance, forward walking [FW], and backward walking [BW]), cognitive testing, and self-report measures. Fitbit tracked PA for 3\u2009months, categorizing participants based on whether they met the MS daily step goal (7500 steps).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Forty-five PwMS (age: 51.16\u2009\u00b1\u200911.12\u2009years; median Patient Determined Disease Steps: 1; 84% female) participated, with 15 meeting the daily step goal. Participants who met the step count goal reported significantly lower mobility limitations (MS Walking Scale-12,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.01) and concern about falling (Falls Efficacy Scale\u2014International,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u2009.01) compared to those who did not. Significant differences were also observed for BW at both comfortable and fast speeds (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u2009.01), FW at both speeds (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.01), and reactive balance (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.04). No differences were observed for cognition. Logistic regression identified BW at both comfortable (0.89\u2009m\/s) and fast speeds (1.25\u2009m\/s) as the strongest predictors of achieving the daily step goal, with predictive accuracies of 80% and 82.2%, respectively.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>BW is a clinically relevant predictor of achieving daily step goals in PwMS. Established cut-off values\u20140.89\u2009m\/s for comfortable and 1.25\u2009m\/s for fast BW\u2014demonstrated strong predictive accuracy. 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