NCT04185688

The Reliability and Validity of the Functional Reach Test in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 79 (actual)
• Sponsor: Gazi University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Loss of limits of stability ability is one of the major components of balance dysfunction in MS. The functional reach test is quick and clinically available tool for assessing limits of stability but reliability and validity of this test has not yet been systematically examined in people with Multiple Sclerosis.The aim of the study is to investigate reliability and validity of the functional reach test in patients with Multiple Sclerosis.

Detailed description

At baseline, the functional reach test, limits of stability test by using Biodex Balance System, Berg Balance Scale, four step square test, and timed up and go test was applied to the patients with Multiple Sclerosis. The functional reach test was repeated after seven days from the first application to evaluate its reliability.

Conditions

• Multiple Sclerosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Functional Reach Test	The Functional Reach Test assesses balance by measuring the limits of stability while the patient reaches forwards as far as possible, having the arms in 90° flexion and without lifting the heels off the floor.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-12-06
• Primary completion: 2020-02-07
• Completion: 2020-02-07
• First posted: 2019-12-04
• Last updated: 2020-05-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)