Quantitation of McArdle's Sign and Evaluation of Specificity for Multiple Sclerosis

Completed

Conditions studied: Multiple Sclerosis

In brief

The study is designed to quantitate McArdle's sign, an increase in measurable weakness with neck flexion described in patients with multiple sclerosis, and to determine whether it is or is not specific for multiple sclerosis.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03122873

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

125

Starts

2016-02-01

Expected to finish

2017-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2017-08-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Myelopathy of any cause with finger extension weakness
• Patients with peripheral neuropathy with finger extension weakness
• Healthy controls

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant subjects.

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic — Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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