Recruiting

Home Exercise Program

Sponsor:

New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Code:

NCT06486116

Conditions

Multiple Sclerosis

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 65

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Task Specific Physical Therapy Home Program

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of 2 different types of Home Exercise Programs (HEP) on mobility in persons with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Specifically, we will be comparing the Standard of Care (SOC) a program based on aerobic conditioning and calisthenics to a Task Specific Program (TSP).

Primary Question: Will persons with who receive a Task Specific HEP have greater improvement in mobility than those who receive the SOC? Secondary question: Will a task specific HEP be as well tolerated as the SOC HEP by persons with MS

Conditions

Multiple Sclerosis

Study ID

NCT06486116

Start date

Jun 1, 2024

Status verified date

Jun, 2024

Completion date

Jan 31, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2025

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 65

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Definitive diagnosis of Multiple sclerosis

  • Ability to walk for at least 30 seconds unassisted with or without assistive device
  • Ability to read, comprehend and sign an informed consent
  • Is able to attend a 2 outpatient evaluation sessions 6 weeks apart
  • Between the ages of 18 and 75

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Evidence of recent MS exacerbation

  • Any orthopedic, cardiopulmonary, or non- MS neurologic condition that prohibits participation in a Physical therapy program
  • Be currently receiving outpatient physical therapy

Study Design

Enrollment

30 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Individualized Task Specific Physical Therapy Home Exercise Program

Physical Therapy Home Exercise program based on specific outcome measure findings.

active comparator: Generic physical therapy home exercise program

Generalized fitness-based exercise program

Interventions

Task Specific Physical Therapy Home Program

Home exercise program based on specific findings from physical therapy evaluations.

Primary outcome measure

  • 6 Minute Walk Test [ Time Frame: Measured before and after each 4 weeks ]
  • The Functional Gait Assessment [ Time Frame: Measured before and after each 4 weeks ]
  • The Mini Balance Evaluation Systems Test (MBEST) [ Time Frame: Measured before and after each 4 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Recruiting

Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11215

Contacts

Pearlia Fullard

718-780-5584pcfullar@nyp.org

Joy J Rutherford, BS

718-780-7715jor9147@nyp.org

Principal Investigator:

Karen Blitz-Shabbir, DO

More Information

Sponsor

New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Last update posted

Jul 3, 2024

Last verified

Jun, 2024

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital on 2024-07-03.