NCT02524483

Influence of Exercise on the Mobility and Balance of Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis

Influence of Exercise on the Mobility and Balance of Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis Influence of High-Dosage Physical Therapy on the Balance and Mobility of Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Nebraska · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Outcomes from the investigators' recent investigation suggested that a high dosage of challenging physical therapy exercises can result in clinically improvements in the postural balance and walking speed of individuals with MS. This investigation will evaluate mobility and postural balance improvements in individuals with MS who participate in a therapeutic protocol consisting of activity based exercises, and in individuals with MS that participate in challenging physical therapy protocol.

Detailed description

Background: Outcomes from the investigators' recent exploratory investigation suggested that a high dosage of challenging physical therapy exercises can result in clinically relevant improvements in the postural balance and walking speed of individuals with MS. Objective: The investigators anticipated that the promising results were due to the novel challenging postural balance and mobility exercises. The purpose of this investigation was to test this notion by evaluating the mobility and postural balance improvements that could be achieved in a cohort of individuals with MS who participated in a therapeutic protocol that consisted of activity based exercises, and a cohort of individuals with MS that participated in the challenging physical therapy protocol.

Conditions

• Multiple Sclerosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Therapeutic Challenge Program	The Therapeutic Challenge Program will consist of a 5 minute warm-up, 20 minutes of challenging balance training, and 20 minutes of challenging treadmill and overground walking.
BEHAVIORAL	Therapeutic Exercise Program	The Therapeutic Exercise Program will consist of 15 minutes of strength training and flexibility exercises, 15 minutes of balance exercises, and 15 minutes of treadmill walking.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-10-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2015-08-14
• Last updated: 2023-09-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States