Effects of a home-based motor care program with remote and presential monitoring in individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: randomized clinical trial
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, muscle fatigue
- Registration Number
- RBR-10z9pgfv
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
This study will include definite, probable, or possible participants with ALS of both sexes, diagnosed by a neurologist, according to the criteria of El Escorial criteria, aged between 18 and 80 years, and able to understand and perform simple motor instructions according to verbal commands
Exclusion Criteria
Bedridden participants under continuous use of non-invasive ventilation and those who need but do not have caregivers available will be excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Functional capacity verified by the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Classification Scale - Revised. Patients will be classified according to the decline in the total score (= 30 and> 30)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Muscle fatigue verified by the Fatigue Severity Scale, where values below 28 points are indicative of the presence of fatigue;Disease severity assessed using the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Severity Scale, with a score of 40 to 4, which represent, respectively, normal function and worse function.;Assessment of pain level, static and dynamic, using the Visual Analogue Scale, scored from 1 to 10, according to the reported pain intensity, and identified by the location indicated in the body diagram