Evaluating the effect of a simple cooling cap in heat-sensitive people with multiple sclerosis
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Thermosensitive people with multiple sclerosisNervous System Diseases
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN56350227
- Lead Sponsor
- MS rehab z.s.
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 21
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients treated in MS centre of the Department of Neurology, First Faculty of Medicine Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, who suffered from subjectively perceived thermosensitivity
2. Clinically stable MS (at least 60 days since the last attack)
3. Stable medication (no changes in treatment in last 90 days)
4. Without the presence of another serious disease (disease of musculoskeletal system, internal disease etc)
5. Without significant limitation of cognitive function
Exclusion Criteria
1. Any other condition that limit walking and fine motoric skills
2. Non thermosensitive patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> Measured after each experimental period:<br> 1. Functional mobility measured using the timed 25 foot walk test<br> 2. Functional mobility measured using the 2 minute walking test<br> 3. Fine motoric function measured using the nine hole peg test<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> Measured after each experimental period:<br> 1. Cognitive function measured using the symbol digit modality test<br> 2. Fatigue measured using the Fatigue Severity Scale<br>