NCT02065284

Effects of a Home Based Walking Program Using Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

Effects of a Home Based Walking Program Using Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation on Walking and Cortical Activation in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) is a music therapy technique that provides rhythmic auditory cues (like a beat) to help improve patients' movements, especially when walking. The purpose of this study is to compare the effect on walking performance of a home based walking program (HBWP) with Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS), to that of a HBWP without RAS, or to RAS without walking exercise. A second part of this study will assess the effects of Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) on brain activity in patients with Multiple Sclerosis while performing mental imagery of walking.

Conditions

• Multiple Sclerosis
• Ambulation Difficulty

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS)	Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) is a music therapy technique that provides rhythmic auditory cues (like a beat) to help improve patients' movements, especially when walking.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-02-01
• Primary completion: 2015-09-01
• Completion: 2015-11-01
• First posted: 2014-02-19
• Last updated: 2022-06-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States