Measuring the Balance Improvement on Multiple Sclerosis Patients After a Short Training Period With an APOS (All Phase Of Step Cycle) Kit

• Sponsor: Sheba Medical Center (Other)
• Overall Status: Unknown status
• CT.gov ID: NCT00338637
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 30
• Location: 1
• Duration (Months): 6
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 5

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Randomised double blind study of two parallel groups,one of the groups trained with the full APOS kit (a shoe with an additional bio mechanical device)

The control group trained with the Apos shoe without the bio mechanical device. both groups will be checked at the beginning of the study, one month later and at the end of the study after two months. The tests include neurological test, functional test(FSST,up and go test and berg balance test) gate analysis and quality fo life (rays) test.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Multiple Sclerosis; Balance; Cerebelar Impairment	Device: APOS shoe kit	Phase 2

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Study Start Date: Apr 1, 2006
• Study Completion Date: Oct 1, 2006

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. functional tests []

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. gait analysis []

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 65 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosis of Multiple sclerosis Cerebellar impairment EDSS under 4.5 age 18-65 years signed informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnancy

• coronary event in last 6 month

• 30 days or less after acute attack

• steroidal treatment in the last 60 days

• alcohol abuse

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Sheba Medical Center	Ramat Gan		Israel

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Sheba Medical Center

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Anat Achiron, Prof., Sheba Medical Center

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00338637
• Other Study ID Numbers: SHEBA-06-4127-AA-CTIL
• First Posted: Jun 20, 2006
• Last Update Posted: Jun 20, 2006
• Last Verified: Jun 1, 2006

• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Multiple Sclerosis; Sclerosis

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 20, 2006