Effects of Targeted Lower Extremity Joint Training on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Gait Abnormalities

Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis

Treatments: Other: Conventional focused ankle therapy; Device: Ankle-bot

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00906737

AL0002

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is being done to test the possible benefits of task-specific focused ankle training using the Ankle-Bot on subjects with Multiple Sclerosis who have "foot-drop." The study also compares the effectiveness of task-specific focused ankle training using the Ankle-Bot with conventional focused ankle therapy in improving the gait of subjects with MS.

Enrollment: 18 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical Diagnosis of MS
• EDSS level between 3.5 - 6.0
• Unilateral foot-drop
• Able to ambulate 25 ft. with no more than a unilateral assistive device

Exclusion criteria

• Lower extremity injuries that limit range of motion or function
• Unable to demonstrate an understanding of the process of the study and/or fully understand instructions in order to safely participate in the study and use study equipment
• Unable to fit safely and properly into the Ankle-Bot device

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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18 participants in 3 patient groups

Ankle-Bot Training

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects in this group receive focused ankle training using the ankle-bot device.

Treatment:

Device: Ankle-bot

Conventional Therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects in this group will receive conventional focused ankle physical therapy.

Treatment:

Other: Conventional focused ankle therapy

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Subjects in this group will not receive treatment; they will continue their usual care.