I tried to copy and paste the graph of their results, but it's a pdf file and the format wouldn't transfer correctly.
I didn't see "thisisms" mentioned at all, not even among the sites considered.
When you look at the list of references the authors used, thisisms wasn't among them, and without inferring any negativity towards thisisms, it seems there might be good reason. The foremost reason for thisisms not even being a consideration (it seems to me) probably regards membership in thisisms not really booming until the last year or so, it seems that the real work in this study was done before then.
Additionally, when you look at the latter part of the references, it seems they've listed the websites which were among the considerations of the authors. I'm not familiar with all those sites but I got the idea they were looking for sites which specifically post medically accepted information about MS.
It seems the whole idea of thisisms is that most members are already familiar with the "medically accepted" opinions and use the thisisms site to determine whether they agree with the medically accepted opinions and/or to discuss alternative outlooks. I don't think anyone here WANTS the medically accepted theories posted on this site so maybe thisisms will never be a consideration for this type of study.
I'm at work and admittedly don't have my reading glasses, I don't see thisisms listed anywhere below but please correct me if I'm wrong.
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I saw the "Greek Goddess" pic, so I know you can do it.
But I don't see this as a slight to thisisms.