Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Study

Melbourne Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis

Treatments: Behavioral: Speech pathology; Behavioral: Physiotherapy; Behavioral: Occupational therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00202254

MelbUni HREC 040334

HREC 2004.101

Details and patient eligibility

About

The effects of routine rehabilitation in MS patients versus no rehabilitation.

Full description

Routine rehabilitation inervention in patients with MS. This comprises of medical and nursing input, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, neuropsychology, compared with a "control" group on the waiting list for rehabilitation intervention. Duration of intervention is 6 weeks.

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 64 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Confirmed diagnosis of MS (Paty)- Community dwelling participants with known neurological and psychological deficits per EDSS groups.- Age 19-64 years.- Male and female participants.- Residing within 60kms of metropolitan Melbourne.- Have mobility problem.- Adequate cognition (KFS=2).

Exclusion criteria

• Patients residing in nursing home and other residential care.- Those with severe cognitive problems KFS>2.-

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)