Recruiting

Motor Imagery

Sponsor:

Dominican University New York

Code:

NCT05615207

Conditions

Falls

Motor Imagery

Multiple Sclerosis

Balance

Fatigue

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Motor Imagery as compared to physical practice for balance tasks

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will investigate if the use of motor imagery to practice a balance task is as effective as physically practicing balance tasks as measured by the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) in persons with MS. A secondary purpose is to investigate if using a motor imagery balance intervention will limit fatigue typically experienced with physical movement in this population.

Conditions

Falls

Motor Imagery

Multiple Sclerosis

Balance

Fatigue

Study ID

NCT05615207

Start date

Jan 1, 2023

Status verified date

Feb, 2023

Completion date

Nov 1, 2023

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Nov 1, 2023

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Confirmed diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
  • A non-perfect score on the Berg Balance Scale

Exclusion Criteria:

  • A perfect score on the Berg Balance Scale
  • Current participation in a program focused on improving balance

Study Design

Enrollment

10 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Standard of Care (physical practice)

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.

experimental: Motor Imagery

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.

Interventions

Motor Imagery as compared to physical practice for balance tasks

We will investigate if using motor imagery (mentally imagining and practicing a task) as a means of balance training is as effective as physical practice

Primary outcome measure

  • Berg Balance Test [ Time Frame: Two weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Stefanie DiCarrado, DPT

9142131284stefanie.dicarrado@duny.edu

Locations

Dominican University New York

Recruiting

Orangeburg, New York, United States, 10962

Contacts

Stefanie DiCarrado, DPT

914-213-1284stefanie.dicarrado@duny.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Dominican University New York

Last update posted

Feb 8, 2023

Last verified

Feb, 2023

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Dominican University New York on 2023-02-08.