Comprehensive Fall Prevention and Detection in Multiple Sclerosis

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Multiple Sclerosis

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine whether an exercise and educational classroom program can help reduce falls in people with Multiple Sclerosis who fall frequently.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02583386

Run by

Portland VA Medical Center

People needed

96

Starts

2016-04-01

Expected to finish

2019-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-03-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Multiple Sclerosis of any type,
• self-reported history of 2 or more falls in the previous 2 months,
• Expanded Disability Status Scale of ≤ 6.0 (i.e. able to walk at least 100 meters with or without a walking aid),
• be willing and intellectually able to understand and to sign an informed consent, and to adhere to protocol requirements,
• have sufficient motor function to complete a written daily record of falls for 8 months,
• be community dwelling.

You may not qualify if…

• have a self-reported musculoskeletal or neurological condition other than MS that is known to affect balance or gait and is associated with falls, such as a lower-extremity joint replacement within the past year, peripheral neuropathy, vestibular disorder, alcoholism, stroke, or seizures.
• be unable to follow directions in English,
• have unhealed bone fractures or other condition that may put them at risk of injury during balance training and assessments,
• blind (visual acuity corrected worse than 20/200),
• serious psychiatric or medical conditions that would preclude reliable participation in the study.

Where it is running

• VA Portland Health Care System — Portland, Oregon, United States

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