Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Severe Disabilities: Effects of Electrical Stimulation Cycling Training on Mobility an Power Performance

Phase 3

Recruiting

• Conditions: G35.2; R26.3; Immobility

• Registration Number: DRKS00011639
• Lead Sponsor: Zentrum für Sensomotorik der Neurologischen Klinik,Klinikum Großhadern

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-02-20
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

Diagnosis: Multiple Sklerosis
-Age > 18 y
-Reduced lower extremity muscle function, Gait impairment

Exclusion Criteria

-having power of attorney
-no pacemaker or higher-grade arrhythmias
-no metall parts in the stimulation area
-no skin allergia against electrodes
-no wound or other lesions in the stimulation area
-no osteoporosis, no muscle or ligament contractures, no reduced range of motion in the knee and hip joints.

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
if gait possible: Time Up and Go Test<br>if gait not possible: International Standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury motor score<br>measuremenst performed before, after and follow up.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Walking speed (if gait possible), Isometrical Force, Modified Ashworth Scale, Functional Independence Measure, Tinetti Perfoemance Oriented Mobility Assessment, Quality of Life SF-36 measured before, after the training period and 1 month follow up.<br><br>Cycling power and work measured during each training session.