Status:
COMPLETED
Multiple Sclerosis and Heavy Progressive Resistance Training
Lead Sponsor:
University of Aarhus
Collaborating Sponsors:
Sonderborg Hospital
The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society
Conditions:
Multiple Sclerosis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of the present investigation is to determine whether MS patients can tolerate and benefit from heavy progressive resistance training. A second purpose is to determine both neural and muscl...
Detailed Description
Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients are characterized by reduced muscle strength and functional capacity. For MS patients, improvements in muscle strength and thereby functional capacity, would have the ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Clinical diagnosis of Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis according to the McDonald criteria
- Expanded Disability Status Scale Score between 3,0-5,5
- Be able to walk at least 100m
- Be able to train twice a week at the University
Exclusion
- Alcohol abuse, Alzheimer's and pacemaker
- Comorbidities like cardiovascular-, respiratory-, orthopaedic or metabolic diseases
- Having had an attack in a period of 8 weeks prior to the start of the intervention period
- Having an attack during the intervention period
- Pregnancy
- Systematic resistance training in a period of 3 months prior to the start of the intervention period.
- Training adherence of less than 85%.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
36 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00381576
Start Date
November 1 2006
End Date
June 1 2008
Last Update
August 12 2008
Active Locations (2)
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1
MS Clinic, Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital
Aarhus, Denmark, 8000
2
Department of Sports Science, University of Aarhus
Aarhus, Denmark, 8200