ACTRN12612000862842
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Effect of cooling in aerobic exercise on fatigue and physical performance for people with Multiple Sclerosis: A preliminary crossover trial
Chris Barr0 sites60 target enrollmentStarted: August 15, 2012Last updated:
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Chris Barr
- Enrollment
- 60
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomised controlled trial
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to o limit (—)
- Sex
- All
Inclusion Criteria
- •MS Subjects fulfilling the following criteria will be eligible to participate in this study:
- •Definite diagnosis of MS;
- •Mild to moderate difficulty in ambulation with Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) 2\.0 – 5\.0;
- •Able and agree to engage in maximal exercise test with minimal work load above 30 watts, which is the starting workload of graded incremental cycling test;
- •Able to walk independently;
- •Self\-report in problem with fatigue;
- •Able to understand instructions and give informed consent
- •Inclusion criteria for healthy participants:
- •Healthy male or female
- •Over 18 years of age
Exclusion Criteria
- •The exclusion criteria include:
- •Use of medication prescribed for fatigue management (e.g Amantadine, Modafinil);
- •Currently participates in other clinical trials or exercise program;
- •Suffering from an exacerbation or relapse of MS within the past 3 months;
- •Severe depression;
- •Suffering form other neural, cardiovascular, orthopaedic or muscular disease besides MS;
- •Gastroesophageal disease or dysphagia which has difficulty in swallowing the disposable silicon\-coated pill to measure core temperature;
- •Diverticulitis, which is a digestive disease could affect bowel and become contraindication to pill ingestion;
- •Subject who is known to be pregnant;
- •Subject with blood clotting problem prone to bleeding complications in blood lactate testing;
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