NCT02606604

Effects of Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling Versus Cycling Only on Walking and Quality of Life in MS

Effects of Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling Versus Cycling Only on Walking Performance and Quality of Life in Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis: A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: Stony Brook University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will seek to determine the benefits that FES-LE cycling has over cycling alone on walking performance and quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis.

Detailed description

Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) is a rehabilitation tool that stimulates nerves via electrical current, causing muscles to contract. When FES is appled to leg muscles during stationary cycling the legs move in a fixed rhythmical pattern. Previous studies have demonstrated that FES during cycling is a safe and effective exercise for individuals recovering from spinal cord injury or stroke, but few have applied this tool to a progressive disorder, such as multiple sclerosis (MS). The aim of this study is to assess the immediate and short-term effect of an 8-week training program comparing FES lower extremity cycling to cycling without FES. Twenty volunteers with MS will participate. They will be randomly assigned to a training group. This study examine the effects of training on quality of life, endurance, walking speed, and step quality. Participants will sign an informed consent and complete a questionnaire that includes medical history and demographic data. Before training, immediately after training finishes and one month after training, self-report questionnaires, timed walking tests will be completed. During the walking tests, step quality and speed will be measured with a sensor that is worn on a belt

Conditions

• Multiple Sclerosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	RT 300: Lower Extremity Cycling	Individuals will be randomly assigned to either the FES cycling or cycling only group and will perform lower extremity cycling. Individuals will participate in an interval training cycling program 3 times per week for 8 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-11-01
• Primary completion: 2017-07-01
• Completion: 2017-07-01
• First posted: 2015-11-17
• Last updated: 2019-09-30
• Results posted: 2019-09-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States