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NCT06196866
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Effectiveness of Exergaming in Adittion to Conventional Treatment for Physical Therapy in People with Multiple Sclerosis

Sponsor: Universidad de Córdoba

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Summary

The present study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of two different exergaming systems in addition to conventional treatment on physical functional capacity, balance, muscle strength, spasticity in lower limbs and quality of life compared to an isolated conventional intervention in patients with multiple sclerosis. The secondary aim will be to compare the differences between both exergaming groups.

Official title: Effectiveness of Two Different Exergaming Systems in Addition to Conventional Treatment for Physical Therapy in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: a Study Protocol for a Multicenter, Assessor-blind, 24-week, Randomized Controlled Trial

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - Any

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

36

Start Date

2023-09-01

Completion Date

2025-06-01

Last Updated

2025-03-07

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

OTHER

Conventional Therapy

The control group will develop only conventional treatment for the whole trial (weeks 1-24), consisting of carrying out daily routine activities and/or 1 session/week of physiotherapy (which includes manual therapy, active exercises of repetition of functional movements, walking, stairs and stretching) with a time of 45 minutes/session.

DEVICE

Nintendo Ring Fit Adventure + Conventional Therapy

In the exergaming group 1, the intervention will be 12 weeks (weeks 1-12) with a frequency of 1 session/week and with a time of 45 minutes/session, in addition to the users' conventional therapy. The training will be a first 5 minutes warm-up (composed of joint mobility and global stretching), 35 min of exergaming training (working on the participants' gait, stability and global muscle strength) and last 5 minutes of cooling down (composed of breathing exercises, joint mobility and global stretching) in each session. The therapist will choose in each session different exercises from each of these 4 sections: Jogging: Begginia or Transient Temple. Minigames: Squat Goals, Squattery Wheel, Gluting Gallery, Thigh Rider, Bank Balance or Dreadmill. Lower Limbs Training: Knee Lift or Hip Lift. Yoga: Tree Pose or Chair Pose.

DEVICE

Nintendo Wii Fit + Conventional Therapy

In the exergaming group 2, the intervention will be 12 weeks (weeks 1-12) with a frequency of 1 session/week and with a time of 45 minutes/session, in addition to the users' conventional therapy. The training will be a first 5 minutes warm-up (composed of joint mobility and global stretching), 35 min of exergaming training (working on the participants' gait, stability and global muscle strength) and last 5 minutes of cooling down (composed of breathing exercises, joint mobility and global stretching) in each session. The therapist will choose in each session different exercises from each of these 4 sections: Aerobics: Basic Run or Hula Hoop. Strength Training: Rowing Squat, Single-Leg Extension, Sideways Leg Lift or Single-Leg Twist. Balance Games: Ski Jump, Balance Bubble, Table Tilt or Penguin Slide. Yoga: Chair or Standing Knee.

Locations (1)

University of Cordoba

Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain