Robot-assisted Training of the Upper Limb in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis: an Randomized Controlled Trial

Hasselt University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis

Treatments: Other: I-TRAVLE training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT02257606

CME2011/315

Details and patient eligibility

About

With this randomised intervention study, the investigators want to investigate the training effect of an 8 week training regime, using a robot-assisted training system in persons with MS. Besides conventional therapy, study participants in the experimental group will train 3 times per week during 30 minutes, using the haptic master. Research questions focus on the effects of additional robot assisted training on range of motion, movement quality and clinical tests for the upper limb in persons with MS. Evaluation by means of questionnaires and clinical outcome measures occured at baseline, after 4 weeks, after 8 weeks and at 16 weeks of follow-

Enrollment: 17 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (McDonald criteria), upper limb dysfunction due to muscle weakness (Motricity Index <80), age > 18 years

Exclusion criteria

• MS relapse or glucocorticosteroid treatment in the last month before the start of the study, upper limb paralysis (Motricity Index < 18), other sever limitations, influencing participation (cognitive, visual)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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17 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group (persons with MS)

No Intervention group

Description:

no training

Experimental group (persons with MS)

Experimental group

Description:

Robot-assisted training

Treatment:

Other: I-TRAVLE training