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Supported Treadmill Training for Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

NCT01339234 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 6

Last updated 2011-04-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is a pilot trial to evaluate the effects of supported treadmill walking in patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) on functional and psychosocial outcomes. Patients will exercise three times per week over the course of 6 months and will be evaluated at baseline, 12 weeks and 24 weeks into the program. Follow-up testing will also be conducted 12 weeks after participants have stopped exercising to determined the lasting effects of the intervention.

The investigators hypothesize that supported treadmill walking will be effective at improving physical physical function and psychosocial outcomes in patients with primary progressive MS.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Body-weight supported treadmill training

Patients will undergo training using the Woodway Loco-system which consists of a treadmill with an overhead pulley system connected to a support harness. BWSTT allows patients with limited mobility to safely walk upright on a treadmill with a portion of their body weight counter balanced. Three trainers will be required to assist with the BWSTT program. Two trainers will be positioned at the lower limbs to manually guide the participant through a proper gait motion and provided lower limb control. A third trainer will stand behind the participant to provide trunk support and assist with weight shifting.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hicks, Audrey, Ph.D.

    lead INDIV

Principal Investigators

  • Michel Rathbone, MD, PhD · McMaster University

  • Audrey Hicks, PhD · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-04-30
Primary Completion
2009-06-30
Completion
2009-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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