NCT06949696

Effect of Dual-Task Training and Cognitive Rehabilitation in Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis.

Effects of Dual-Task Training and Cognitive Rehabilitation on Gait, Balance, Fatigue and Cognitive Performance in Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Toros University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of dual-task training and cognitive rehabilitation on gait, balance, fatigue and cognitive performance in individuals with multiple sclerosis.

Detailed description

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease characterized by chronic, inflammatory, demyelinating and neurodegenerative processes of the central nervous system (CNS) with heterogeneous clinical symptoms. Balance, gait and cognitive impairment are among the biggest problems in individuals with MS and significantly affect their daily lives. Dual Task (DT); is the process of performing two tasks that can be performed independently and have different purposes simultaneously. Walking with dual tasks has recently been shown to resemble typical walking performance in daily life, thus providing clinicians with a realistic walking performance measurement in daily life. Although the effects of dual task performance in various neurological diseases have been partially described in the literature, the comparison of dual task training and cognitive rehabilitation on walking, balance, fatigue and cognitive performance has not been made and due to this deficiency in the literature, our study was planned and has originality. The aim of our study is to investigate the effects of dual task training and cognitive rehabilitation on walking, balance, fatigue and cognitive performance in individuals with MS.

Conditions

• Multiple Sclerosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Dual Task Training	In dual task training, patients will be given cognitive exercises such as counting backwards from 100 by 3, counting the names of cities, girls and boys while walking.
OTHER	Cognitive Rehabilitation	In cognitive rehabilitation, patients will be given paper-and-pencil activities and exercises to find the difference between two pictures.
OTHER	Conventionel Physiotherapy	In conventionel physiotherapy, patients will be given posture exercises for balance and strengthening.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-04-20
• Primary completion: 2025-06-30
• Completion: 2026-06-01
• First posted: 2025-04-29
• Last updated: 2025-04-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)