Arm Swing During Walking in Early Multiple Sclerosis

Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Gait Disorders, Neurologic

Multiple Sclerosis

Upper Extremity Problem

Treatments

Other: Functional Tests

Other: Evaluation of the arm swing during gait

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05821257

IstanbulUC_MStation_armswing

Details and patient eligibility

About

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common central nervous system inflammatory demyelinating disease which causes motor and sensory deficits, cerebellar symptoms, and balance problems. Due to these symptoms, gait abnormalities are common in MS, even in patients with low degrees of impairment. The upper limb has an important role on postural control and gait stability. Affected arm swing movement and asymmetry during gait are common in neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease (PD) even in early stages of the disease and arm swing treatment has been acknowledged to enhance gait and normalize arm swing in individuals with PD.

The presence of arm swing changes during walking in MS patients, similar to PD, especially in the early period, may be an indicator of balance problems, this was, however, not investigated as such. Therefore, the aim of the current study is to assess the arm swing during gait in people with MS shortly after their diagnosis in early MS.

Enrollment

28 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients who were diagnosed with MS in the last 30 days,
Patients who were recovered from their symptoms and were clinically stable

Exclusion criteria

Patients who had an acute medical illness in the past 6 months, any other neurological and psychiatric diseases
Patients who had any orthopedic, rheumatologic, or vestibular conditions that affect walking
Patients who had exacerbations between the first and second evaluations