Cognitive-motor Telerehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (2) locations...
Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The primary goal of this project is providing evidence that a home-based combined cognitive-motor training program improves cognition in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), compared to single cognitive and motor rehabilitation. Secondary goals are to assess the effects on walking performance and to identify the mechanisms of improvement and predictors of treatment response. The main backbone of this project will be a randomized controlled two-centre clinical trial, in which an at-home computerised cognitive-motor rehabilitation program using telemedicine aimed at improving working memory in persons with MS will be evaluated. Based on the information gathered during this trial, possible mechanisms of improvement will be identified by analysing anatomical and neurophysiological changes on structural MRI and resting-state and task-related EEG before and after rehabilitation. Furthermore, factors that can predict treatment response to the rehabilitation program will be identified.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 65
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Clinically definite multiple sclerosis (revised McDonald criteria 2017)

• Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) below 6.0

• Digit span backwards z-score between \[-3 and -0.5\] standard deviations below the median of the normative values

• Age between 18 and 65

• Able to safely perform motor rehabilitation in the home situation (assessed by rehabilitation physician and/or occupational or physiotherapist)

Locations
Other Locations
Belgium
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
RECRUITING
Brussels
National MS Center Melsbroek
RECRUITING
Melsbroek
Contact Information
Primary
Delphine Van Laethem
Delphine.Van.Laethem@vub.be
+32 2 629 10 45
Backup
Guy Nagels
guy.nagels@vub.be
+32 2 477 64 10
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-09-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-05-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 90
Treatments
Experimental: Cognitive-motor training group
Active_comparator: Cognitive training group
Active_comparator: Motor training group
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Research Foundation - Flanders (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek), National MS Center Melsbroek
Leads: Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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