Underlying Causes and Related Factors, and Rehabilitation Approaches

Hasselt University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis

Treatments: Other: Training intervention + Dance intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04142853

B707201835771

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be a cross-sectional observational study, followed by a pilot intervention. The aim of the study is to examine the underlying causes of walking-related performance fatigability, together with other related and influencing factors, to make up a clinical profile of patients with MS showing walking-related performance fatigability. In the second part of the study a pilot intervention will be executed to see if the investigators can improve the clinical status of the MS patients with walking-related performance fatigability.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 18 and 70 years.
• MS diagnosis according to McDonald Criteria.
• Capable of walking 6 minutes (independent or with unilateral support) without stopping.

Exclusion criteria

• Exacerbation or relapse within last 3 months before study
• Other medical condition interfering with walking ability (e.g. cardiac or respiratory diseases, arthritis and fibromyalgia, stroke, Parkinson).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Persons with MS, dance group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Training intervention + Dance intervention

Persons with MS, art group

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Training intervention + Dance intervention