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Effects of Electromechanical Gait Trainer in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
NCT01564511 · Universita di Verona · Updated 12 Sept 2016
- What is being tested
- Gait trainer treatment; Conventional treatment
- For
- Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 30 years to 60 years. About 50 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Italy
- When
- Starts or started Nov 2011, ends Dec 2012. Registered 27 March 2012.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
Multiple Sclerosis is a very disabling disorder in young adult patients leading to an important limitation in daily life activities and social participation. Among of the different causes of disability in MS patients gait impairments, fatigue and balance disorders can be considered as the main concerns. Thus, gait restoration in patients with MS is the one of the primary objective of rehabilitation and often influences whether a patient can return home or to work. Even if potentially innovative treatments like treadmill training have been proposed, nowadays the role of robotic assisted locomotion rehabilitation has not been extensively studied in patients with MS.
Sites
- S.S.O. di Riabilitazione dell'Ospedale PoliclinicoVerona, Verona, Italy