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Improving Hand Use in Multiple Sclerosis

NCT01081275 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2015-04-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will compare two different kinds of physical therapy to improve use of the hands in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). One treatment will be Constraint-Induced Movement therapy (CI therapy), the other will be a set of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) treatments (yoga, relaxation exercises, aquatherapy, massage). The study will determine which of the two forms of treatment is more successful for improving hand use.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

CI Therapy

CI Therapy will be given for 3.5 hours per day, Monday-Friday, for 2 consecutive weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

CAM treatments

CAM treatments will be given for 3.5 hours per day, Monday-Friday, for 2 consecutive weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Victor W Mark, MD · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-02-28
Primary Completion
2016-02-29
Completion
2016-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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