Improving gait adaptability in patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia (Move-HSP): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) experience difficulties adapting their gait to meet environmental demands, a skill required for safe and independent ambulation. Gait adaptability training is possible on the C-Mill, a treadmill equipped with augmented reality, enabling visual projections to serve as stepping targets or obstacles. It is unknown whether gait adaptability can be trained in people with HSP.

Aim

The aim of Move-HSP is to study the effects of ten 1-h sessions of C-Mill training, compared with usual care, on gait adaptability in people with pure HSP. In addition, this study aims to identify key determinants of C-Mill training efficacy in people with pure HSP.

Method

Move-HSP is a 5-week, two-armed, open-label randomized controlled t

SUBMITTER: van de Venis L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7788541 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature