NCT02314585

Fall Risk Reduction in Multiple Sclerosis (FIRMS)

Fall Risk Reduction in Multiple Sclerosis: Exercise Intervention vs. Attention Control Modification

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study looks to see the effects of a home based exercise program on falls in people with MS.

Detailed description

The purposes of this project are four-fold: 1) to determine if a 6-month home-based targeted exercise program results in immediate and sustained reduction in falls risk and incidence ; 2) to identify the factors that contribute to a reduction in fall risk and incidence; 3) to determine if a decrease in physiological fall risk and/or fall incidence results in increased quality of life and participation in older adults with MS; and 4) to determine the association between cognition, environment and comorbidities on future falls and intervention efficacy.

Conditions

• Multiple Sclerosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise	Participants will partake in three, six month phases. In the second phase, either an education or exercise program will be implemented. Assessments will follow each phase with the addition of an initial assessment for baseline data.
OTHER	Education	Participants will partake in three, six month phases. In the second phase, either an education or exercise program will be implemented. Assessments will follow each phase with the addition of an initial assessment for baseline data.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-12-01
• Primary completion: 2018-01-01
• Completion: 2018-01-01
• First posted: 2014-12-11
• Last updated: 2015-08-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States