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The resulting knowledge gap compromises efforts for physical therapy service planning for this population.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n The purpose of this study was to examine the use of and need for physical therapy services in a sample of adults with MS living in the Midwestern United States.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design<\/jats:title>\n This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n Data from telephone interviews with 1,065 people with MS, aged 45 to 90 years, were used for the study. A multinomial regression model was used to determine factors associated with use of physical therapy services (never, within the past year, more than a year ago). Logistic regression analysis examined factors associated with unmet needs for these services.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Thirty-six percent of the sample reported never using physical therapy services, 33% reported using physical therapy services within the past year, and 31% reported using physical therapy services more than a year prior to the interview. Factors associated with recent use of physical therapy services included living in an urban or suburban community, deteriorating MS status, experiencing problems with spasticity (ie, hypertonicity), having difficulty moving inside the house, being hospitalized in the past 6 months, and seeing a family physician. These same factors were associated with unmet needs.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Limitations<\/jats:title>\n Physical therapy service use was self-reported. 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