Measuring the Balance Improvement on Multiple Sclerosis Patients After a Short Training Period With an APOS (All Phase Of Step Cycle) Kit

Sheba Medical Center

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 2

Conditions: Balance; Multiple Sclerosis; Cerebelar Impairment

Treatments: Device: APOS shoe kit

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00338637

SHEBA-06-4127-AA-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Randomised double blind study of two parallel groups,one of the groups trained with the full APOS kit (a shoe with an additional bio mechanical device)

The control group trained with the Apos shoe without the bio mechanical device. both groups will be checked at the beginning of the study, one month later and at the end of the study after two months. The tests include neurological test, functional test(FSST,up and go test and berg balance test) gate analysis and quality fo life (rays) test.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of Multiple sclerosis Cerebellar impairment EDSS under 4.5 age 18-65 years signed informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy
• coronary event in last 6 month
• 30 days or less after acute attack
• steroidal treatment in the last 60 days
• alcohol abuse

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind