NCT04973501

Functional Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System in People With Multiple Sclerosis

Evaluation of the Effect of the Physiotherapy on Mobility and Functional Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System in People With Multiple Sclerosis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Charles University, Czech Republic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The randomized controlled trial is aimed to study the efficacy of treatment approaches based on developmental kinesiology models and its impact on balance, gait and mobility in people with mild to severe multiple sclerosis (pwMS). The main goal is to compare two out-patient physiotherapeutic methods, that will be attended 1-hour twice a week for one month and once a week for next two months (16 therapies in total). The efficacy will be assessed by a blinded independent clinical examiner using clinical examination and questionnaire survey one month before the therapy programme, immediately before and after the therapy and two months after termination of the therapy.

Detailed description

The participants were randomly divided into two groups for three-month outpatient physiotherapeutic programme. One group obtained treatment by MFK Method (Manual physiotherapeutic correction) and the second by DNS (Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization ). Both treatment methods were developed in the Czech Republic. All participants attended 1-hour MFK Method or DNS twice a week for one month and once a week for next two months (16 therapies in total). The participants were examined three times - before the start of the physiotherapy program, immediately after its completion and six months apart.

Conditions

• Multiple Sclerosis
• Rehabilitation
• Musculoskeletal Complication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Manual physiotherapeutic correction (MFK) Method	Patients undergo ambulatory physiotherapy :1-hour duration, twice a week for one month and once a week for next two months (16 therapies in total). Therapy was undertaken at the ambulatory section of the Department of Neurology, Kralovske Vinohrady University Hospital in Prague.
BEHAVIORAL	Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) Method	Patients undergo ambulatory physiotherapy :1-hour duration, twice a week for one month and once a week for next two months (16 therapies in total).Therapy was undertaken at the Department of Rehabilitation and Sport Medicine, Motol University Hospital.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-05-01
• Primary completion: 2018-05-01
• Completion: 2020-12-01
• First posted: 2021-07-22
• Last updated: 2021-07-22