Fall Prevention Program for Non-ambulatory Wheeled Mobility Device Users Living With MS

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Multiple Sclerosis

In brief

A research study to examine the effectiveness of a fall management program to prevent falls and develop fall recovery strategies for wheeled mobility device users living with Multiple Sclerosis.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03705364

Run by

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

People needed

120

Starts

2018-03-01

Expected to finish

2020-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-04-04

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
• >18 years old
• Main form of mobility is via a wheeled mobility device (Patient Determined Disease Steps Level 7)
• Self reported ability to transfer with moderate assistance or less
• Self-reported fall history (at least 1 fall/12 months)

You may not qualify if…

• MS exacerbation in the past 30 days
• Received a score of 10 or above to the Short Blessed Test (attached)
• Inability to sit upright for at least 1 hour.

Where it is running

• The Shepherd Center — Atlanta, Georgia, United States (enrolling)
• UIC — Chicago, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• UIUC — Urbana, Illinois, United States (enrolling)

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