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Exercise Training Program for Cerebellar Ataxia

NCT01307176 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2015-04-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a person's ability to adapt (i.e. short term motor learning) predicts their ability to benefit from physical therapy exercises.

Conditions

  • Cerebellar Ataxia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Home exercise program

The home exercise program uses standard physical therapy exercises that have never been rigorously tested for people with cerebellar ataxia. These include sitting balance exercises (e.g. sitting on a peanut-shaped exercise ball and moving arms or legs), standing balance exercises (e.g. weight shifting, moving arms and legs), and walking exercises (e.g. walking heel-to-toe). The exercises are in a progression, going from less to more challenging. Though the exercises are standard, they are the intervention that we are testing and we will consider them experimental.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amy J Bastian, PhD, PT · Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
95 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-02-28
Primary Completion
2014-02-28
Completion
2015-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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