The Effects of Vestibular Exercise and Cervical Stabilization Exercise Training on Balance and Gait in MS Patients

Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparison of the Effects of Vestibular Exercise and Cervical Stabilization Exercise Training on Balance and Gait in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05409599
• Other study ID #: HakanP
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: January 2023
• Source: Sanko University
• Contact: Hakan Polat
• Phone: 05386487265
• Email: hakan.polat[@]sanko.edu.tr
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The population of this research consists of individuals between the ages of 18-65 with MS disease. MS patients to be included in the study will be directed by the Neurology outpatient clinic of Sanko University Hospital. All volunteers who agreed to participate in this randomized controlled pretest-posttest design study and met the sample criteria will be included in the study.Individuals who agree to participate will be divided into three groups by simple random method and closed envelope method. Vestibular exercise training group will be formed as Group 1 and Cervical stabilization exercise training group as Group 2, control group, and Group 3 as control group.Functional reach test, tandem stand test, 25 step walking test scale form, Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life Scale form ( MSQOL-54),Fatigue Impact Scale,Beck depression inventory, MS walking scale (msys-12), dizziness disability inventory, four step square test, timed sit and stand test

, 2 minutes walking test be performed before and after treatment,

Description:

Group 1: Vestibular exercise training will be given in addition to conventional treatment (including TENS, electrical stimulation and normal joint range of motion exercises) for 12 weeks. Cawthorne-Cooksey Exercises will be given as a treatment protocol for vestibular exercise training.

Group 2 :Cervical stabilization exercise training will be given in addition to conventional treatment (including Tens, electrical stimulation and normal range of motion exercises) for 12 weeks. Cervical stabilization training improves the sense of cervical proprioception as well as strength and endurance, thereby reducing joint position sense error. Cervical stabilization exercises and training, consisting of 3 stages with increasing difficulty level, will be applied.

Group3: Classical balance exercise training will be given to the control group in addition to conventional treatment (including Tens, electrical stimulation and normal range of motion exercises) for 12 weeks. These exercises were selected among the exercises routinely used in balance rehabilitation in the literature and clinic.

Balance exercise program: walking on tiptoe and heel, walking straight and diagonally on the line, standing on a balance board, supine/prone rolling on the rehabilitation ball, pelvis control in the sagittal and frontal planes on the rehabilitation ball, prone balance on the rehabilitation ball, walking on mats of different softness , was created from side walking exercises.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 36
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: January 25, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• be diagnosed with MS

• Not having received physiotherapy-oriented treatment in the last 1 year

• not have had an attack in the last 1 month and not be in the attack period

Exclusion Criteria:

• having systemic diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, malignancy

• individuals whose ambulation is not independent

• Those who have undergone any surgery in the last 6 months

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Exercises
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Sclerosis
• Vestibular

Intervention

Other:
• Exercises
Exercises

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Sanko University	Gaziantep	Sehitkamil

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Sanko University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Static Balance	functional reach test	12 weeks
Primary	Gait speed	25-step walking test	12 weeks
Primary	Dizziness	dizziness disability inventory	12 weeks
Primary	Dinamic Balance	tandem stance test	12 weeks
Primary	Dinamic Balance	4 square step test	12 weeks
Primary	Endurance	2-minute walk test	12 weeks
Primary	Coordination	timed sit and stand test	12 weeks
Primary	Postural swing	GYKO	12 weeks
Primary	Walkiing difficulty	Multiple Sclerosis Walking Scale-12 (MSYS-12)	12 Weeks
Secondary	Fatigue	fatigue impact scale	12 weeks
Secondary	Depression	beck depression inventory	12 weeks
Secondary	MSQ54 Inventory	quality of life	12 weeks