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Task-oriented Upper Limb Training in MS

NCT02688231 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 21

Last updated 2019-05-06

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Summary

An adequate upper limb function is crucial to independently perform Activities of Daily Living (ADL). Persons with neurological diseases often experience upper limb dysfunction. Upper limb function in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is highly prevalent, increasing with overall disability level, while the detrimental impact on ADL is higher than in stroke, given that symptoms often occur bilaterally. In contrast to stroke, it is unknown whether similar rehabilitation principles and effect sizes apply in MS given that this progressive neurodegenerative disease is characterized by multiple lesions and atrophy of brain structures. To date, optimal therapy dosage of upper limb rehabilitation programs are not known in the MS literature neither were characteristics of responders identified.

The aim of this explorative study is to investigate the intensity dependent clinical effects of a task-oriented upper limb training in persons with MS with different upper limb disability levels.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Task-oriented upper limb training

Participants in the experimental groups (high-intensity and low-intensity) receive for 8 weeks, 60 min/day, 5 days/week a task-oriented upper limb rehabilitation training at a high or low intensity, respectively, instead of their regular occupational therapy hours provided in the conventional multidisciplinary rehabilitation program. The task-oriented training involves practicing of functional daily tasks, with the intention to acquire or reacquire a skill. Most functional upper limb tasks require following essential movement components: reaching, moving, positioning, transporting, lifting the upper limb and/or an object and grasping, releasing, stabilizing, manipulating an object. The Tagtrainer of SymbioTherapy is used to support the independent training of tasks with real objects with different sizes and weights. The Diego of Tyromotion is used in patients who require assistance (gravity support) during the performance of different upper limb tasks.

OTHER

Control intervention

The participants in the control group receive for 8 weeks the conventional multidisciplinary rehabilitation program (physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech or cognitive therapy if needed). The training sessions are scheduled for 60 min/day, 5 days/week for the duration of 8 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hasselt University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Peter Feys, Prof. dr. · REVAL - Rehabilitation Research Center, BIOMED - Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2018-03-31
Completion
2018-03-31

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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