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Exercise in Severely Disabled Patients With MS

NCT01752660 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2013-07-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In the last decade physical exercise has become an accepted and integrated part of rehabilitation in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). However, no studies have evaluated whether the most severely disabled patients can tolerate and benefit from exercise therapy. The purpose of this study is therefore to evaluate the feasibility of endurance training in severely disabled patients with MS.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Standard care

Standard care during a 4 week inpatient stay at a Danish multiple sclerosis rehabilitation center.

BEHAVIORAL

Endurance training

Standard care during a 4 week inpatient stay at a Danish multiple sclerosis rehabilitation center added 3 weekly sessions of endurance training for the upper extremity.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Danish MS Society

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Danish MS Hospitals, Haslev and Ry

    collaborator OTHER

  • Aarhus University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Aarhus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ulrik Dalgas, PhD · Dep. Public Health, Aarhus University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-02-28
Completion
2013-07-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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Diseases

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