NCT04215354

Association Between Fatigue and Balance in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 95 (actual)
• Sponsor: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The relationship between fatigue and balance was established. Fatigue was correlated with 8 parameters of balance scales. Moreover, there was a strong correlation between the level of fatigue from one side and depression, quality of life and disease severity from the other side.Fatigue seems to be the main problem in patients with MS which may influence other signs and symptoms such as balance.

Detailed description

Electromagnetic field significantly reduced fatigue level in patients with MS.This effect reflected significantly on other symptoms such as balance, depression, disease severity and the quality of life in those patients. Virtual reality program significantly improving balance and balance perception .Virtual reality program also improved quality of life by improving general health, physical function and decreasing physical limitation significantly. However, Virtual reality programs did not improve fatigue.

Conditions

• Multiple Sclerosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Magnetic field	Low pulsed electromagnetic field induced by BEMER machine model type: B.BOX Professional, model NO: 420200, 12-15 Volt, with maximum 300 Watt and average flux density around 35 microtesla- (BEMER Liechtenstein product, USA). Mattress which is flexible, 6 flat coil was used for whole body therapy.
DEVICE	Virtual reality	Wii Fit plus machine which required balance board . It is a video game console designed by Nintendo 2009

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-09-01
• Primary completion: 2016-01-01
• Completion: 2016-05-01
• First posted: 2020-01-02
• Last updated: 2020-01-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia