Effect of Vestibular Rehabilitation on Trunk Kinetic and Kinematic Parameters in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

October 6 University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Vestibular Rehabilitation in MS

Treatments: Other: Cawthorne Cooksey exercise protocol; Other: conventional vestibular rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05635890

P.T.REC/012/003988

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Cawthorne Cooksey exercises and conventional program of physical therapy were administered.

Full description

• The Cawthorne Cooksey exercises and conventional program of physical therapy were administered.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 35 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 35-55 years.
• Ambulatory without assistance.
• Diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS by a neurologist, with approximately five relapse attacks in the hemiparesis type with a muscular tone of 1 or 1+ depending on the MAS, or modified Ashworth scale.
• All individuals were evaluated by a neurosurgeon to confirm central vertigo using test of Dix Hallpike.
• Degree of MS-related disability based on the enlarged disability status scale, ranging from 2-2.5.

Exclusion criteria

• People with musculoskeletal deformities.
• People with inner ear abnormalities.
• People with psychiatric disturbances or seizures.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Group I

Experimental group

Description:

received conventional vestibular rehabilitation along with the Cawthorne Cooksey exercise protocol

Treatment:

Other: conventional vestibular rehabilitation

Other: Cawthorne Cooksey exercise protocol

Group II

Active Comparator group

Description:

received conventional vestibular rehabilitation only

Treatment:

Other: conventional vestibular rehabilitation