Group-Based Individualized Comprehensive Core Stability Intervention Improves Balance in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Balance and trunk control are often impaired in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). Interventions addressing these issues are needed. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to compare the immediate and long-term effects of a 6-week individualized, group-based, comprehensive core stability intervention (GroupCoreDIST) with standard care on balance and trunk control in individuals with MS. DESIGN:This study was a prospective, assessor-masked, randomized controlled trial. SETTING:The GroupCoreDIST intervention was conducted by 6 physical therapists in 6 municipalities in Norway. Standard care included the usual care for individuals with MS in the same municipalities. Assessments at all time points took place at a Norwegian hospital. PARTICIPANTS:Eighty people with Expanded

SUBMITTER: Arntzen EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6665948 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature