Supporting successful recruitment in a randomized control trial comparing clinic and home-based exercise among adults with multiple sclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Tele- Exercise and Multiple Sclerosis (TEAMS) study, funded by the Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI), is a pragmatic, cluster randomized controlled trial aimed at comparing the effectiveness of a 12-week complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) program for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) delivered by a therapist at a clinic and the same program initiated by the participant at home using a tablet and pre-recorded videos. The 20-session CAM program consists of yoga, Pilates and dual tasking exercises. The study aimed to enroll 820 participants with MS living in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee.

Main body

The information provided in this paper describes the strategies that led to the largest randomized controlled exercise trial ever co

SUBMITTER: Tracy TF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9336143 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature