The Effect of Multiple-Task Training in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis
• Interventions: Other: Single task training; Other: Multi-task training

• Registration Number: NCT03512886
• Lead Sponsor: Gazi University

Brief Summary

The Activities of Daily Living requires the ability to perform multiple activities at the same time, not just the motor or cognitive activity. When many tasks are performed at the same time, the attention capacity is effectively used and attention is shared according to the difficulty and priority of the tasks. There is evidence that patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have reduced performance during multitasking.

In this study, the investigators aim to investigate the effect of multitasking training on balance, mobility, upper extremity performance and cognitive functions in patients with MS.

Detailed Description

Patients with MS between 0-1,5 score according to the Extended Disability Status Scale (EDSS) will be included in the study. The balance, mobility, upper extremity performance, the cognitive function will be evaluated twice.

The study was designed as a prospective, randomized controlled study. The patients will be randomly assigned to three groups, the "multi-task training (MT)" group, the "single task training (ST)" group, and "control" group. The training will be twice a week for 6 weeks.

Statistical analyses will be performed using the SPSS software version 15 (SPSS Inc. Chicago, IL, USA). The pre-training and post-training measurements of groups will be compared with the Wilcoxon Test. The significance level was set at p\< 0.05

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-04-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-04-19
• Study First Posted: 2018-05-01
• Study Start: 2018-06-18
• Status Verified: 2019-07
• Primary Completion: 2019-07-04
• Study Completion: 2019-07-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-07-29
• Last Update Posted: 2019-07-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 39

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants who are ambulatory and volunteer to participate to the study, in a stable phase of the disease, without relapses in the last 3 month, with an EDSS between 0-1,5.

Exclusion Criteria

• Participants who have orthopedic, vision, hearing, or perception problems

  • Patients who have any cardiovascular or pulmonary disease in which exercise is contraindicated

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Single task training	Single task training	The exercise program consisting of 10 different motor tasks will be implemented in a single task training group.
Multi-task training	Multi-task training	In the multitasking training group, a second motor task in the first two weeks, a cognitive task in the third and fourth week, both motor and cognitive tasks in the last two weeks will be added to these 10 different motor tasks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
cognitive function	thirty minutes	The Brief Repeatable Battery of Neuropsychological Tests
Mobility	ten minutes]	Timed Up and Go Test
Modified Sensory Organization Test	Fifteen minutes]	The Modified Sensory Organization Test, which is performed using computerized posturography, measures postural sway in response to 4 different sensory conditions is measured using a force platform.
Upper extremity function	ten minutes	9-Hole Peg Test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Balance Confidence	five minutes	Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) is a scale in which the patient rates his perceived level of confidence while performing 16 daily living activities.
Fatigue Severity	Five minutes	In the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), participants are asked to rate their fatigue level between 1 and 7 in the 9 statements (including motivation, exercise, physical functioning, carrying out duties, and interfering with work, family, or social life) during the last week.
Physical Activity	ten minutes	International Physical Activity Questionnaire- Long version
Fatigue Impact	five minutes	Fatigue impact scale consists of forty questions and evaluates the effects of fatigue on the 3 dimensions of daily life activities; cognitive function, physical function and psychosocial function. Each question is graded between 0 (no problem) and 4 (maximum problem).
Neuropsychological Questionnaire	one minute	Multiple Sclerosis Neuropsychological Questionnaire - MSNQ

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Gazi University; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey