Forty Five Patients With Multiple Sclerosis Recieved Vestibular Rehabilitation and Balance Training

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
• Main ID: NCT03670459
• Date of registration: 07/09/2018
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: October 6 University
• Public title: Forty Five Patients With Multiple Sclerosis Recieved Vestibular Rehabilitation and Balance Training
• Scientific title: Cawthorne Cooksey Versus Vestibular Habituation Exercises on Trunk Kinetics and Velocity of Gait in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
• Date of first enrolment: December 31, 2017
• Target sample size: 45
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03670459
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Factorial Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Egypt

Contacts

• Name: Hosam Magdy Metwally, Doctoral
• Affiliation: October 6 University

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- All the Patients in this study will be referred from the neurologist and will be
diagnosed as relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in the form of hemiparesis with
muscle tone of 1,1+ modified Ashworth scale.

- The diagnosis will be confirmed by MRI or CT scan and all the patients will follow the
neurological examination.

- Forty five female patients ages will range from 35-55 years.

- All selected patients with central vertigo (central vestibular disorder) according to
Dix Hallpike test (Cohen, 2004)

- The Degree of disability of multiple sclerosis will be from 2 - 2.5 (according to
expanded disability status scale (EDSS)) (Kaufman et al, 2000)

- All the selected patients will have grade 3 group muscle test of lower limb muscles.

- All the selected patients will have scored 27-30 in mini-mental state examination
(Crum et al, 1993)

- Patients who are selected in the study will be ambulant.

- Patients will be medically stable.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with musculoskeletal deformity.

- Patients with diabetes mellitus.

- Patients with psychological disturbance or seizures.

- Patients with visual or impairment.

- Patients with inner ear disorders

- Patients with other neurological disorders such as cerebellar lesion



Age minimum: 35 Years
Age maximum: 55 Years
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Neurologic Disorder

Intervention(s)

Other: Cawthorne Cooksey exercises

Other: Balance exercises

Other: Vestibular habituation exercises

Primary Outcome(s)

Isokinetic dynamometer [Time Frame: up to 30 days]

Secondary ID(s)

Identifier No. 11

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors