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MUSCLE - Nordic Walking in MUltiple SCLErosis

Brazil60 participantsStarted 2022-08-02

Plain-language summary

The aim of the study is to analyze the effects of Nordic Walking and free walking in the clinical-functional, postural balance, motor control, muscular echographic quality, and gait analysis (pendulum gait mechanism), in people with Multiple Sclerosis.

Who can participate

Age range20 Years – 75 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * volunteers aged over 20 years; * of both sexes; * with a clinical diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Exclusion Criteria: * severe heart diseases, uncontrolled hypertension, myocardial infarction within a period of less than one year, being a pacemaker; * stroke or other associated neurological diseases; insanity; * prostheses in the lower limbs; * without ambulation conditions.

What they're measuring

Test Timed Up and Go

Timeframe: Change from baseline at 12 weeks

Locomotor Rehabilitation Index

Timeframe: Change from baseline at 12 weeks

Self-selected walking speed

Timeframe: Change from baseline at 12 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05385731

SponsorLeonardo A. Peyré-Tartaruga

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-12-30

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