Motor Imagery for Balance Disorder

N/A

Recruiting

Led By Stefanie DiCarrado, DPT

Research Sponsored by Dominican University New York

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up two weeks

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial will research if using imagination instead of physical practice can help people with MS improve their balance and reduce fatigue. #MSResearch

Eligible Conditions

Balance Disorder
Motor Imagery
Multiple Sclerosis
Fatigue
Falling.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ two weeks

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~two weeks

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and two weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary study objectives

Berg Balance Test

Secondary study objectives

Activities-Specific Balance Confidence scale (ABC)

Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS)

MS Impact Scale-29 (MSIS29)

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Motor ImageryExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants will be given a single one on one in person instruction session and a home exercise program corresponding to their assigned group with instructions on using motor imagery to imagine themselves performing the balance task with which they struggled on the BBS. Motor imagery practice involves having the participant imagine themselves performing elements of the BBS without physically moving. The participants in this group will be guided through 1 session of motor imagery that will be recorded on their person phone for them to use as a home exercise program.

Group II: Standard of Care (physical practice)Active Control1 Intervention

Participants will be given a single one on one in person instruction session and a home exercise program corresponding to their assigned group with instructions on physical practice. The Standard of Care / Physical practice will include physically performing movements that closely or entirely mimic elements of the BBS. For example, if a subject struggles with the sit to stand portion of the BBS, they will physically practice sit to stand based on the treating physical therapist's clinical decision of appropriate task parameters and dosage. The individual subject's MS fatigue and their performance of the task will be taken into account when deciding dosage.

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