NCT02209467

Balance and Falls in Multiple Sclerosis

Balance and Falls in Multiple Sclerosis: Intervention and Perceptions From Patients and Next of Kins

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: Örebro County Council · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study hypothesis is that for people with moderate to severe multiple sclerosis postural balance and walking improve and the risk of accidental falls are reduced after participating in a specific training intervention of 7 weeks. The hypothesis is also the the effect remain a further 7 weeks post training. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is disease affecting the central nervous system. Walking and postural balance are often affected early in the course of the disease. The risk of falls is large. Many persons with MS have decreased trunk stability compared to healthy persons . In an earlier study including people with mild to moderate MS we found that a period of core stability exercises reduced the risk of falls. In this study the training concept will be applied for persons with more severe walking limitations.

Conditions

• Multiple Sclerosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Group balance training	Group balance training 60 minutes 2 times per week plus 3-5 home exercises 2 times/week. Exercises focus om core stability in sitting, standing and lying.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-08-01
• Primary completion: 2015-03-01
• Completion: 2015-08-01
• First posted: 2014-08-06
• Last updated: 2015-10-29

Locations

7 sites across 1 country: Sweden