Rehabilitation to improve gaze and postural stability in people with multiple sclerosis: study protocol for a prospective randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of vestibular rehabilitation principles in the management of gaze and postural stability impairments in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) has shown promise in pilot work completed in our lab and in a recently published randomized clinical trial (RCT). However, further work is needed to fully quantify the gaze and postural impairments present in people with multiple sclerosis and how they respond to rehabilitation.

Methods/design

The study is a single blind RCT designed to examine the benefit of a gaze and postural stability (GPS) intervention program compared to a standard of care (SOC) rehabilitation program in dizzy and balance impaired PwMS. Outcomes will be collected across the domains of body structure and function, activity, and participation as

SUBMITTER: Loyd BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6556952 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature