Multiple Sclerosis
Conditions
Keywords
Acupuncture, Gait, Fatigue
Brief summary
The purpose of the study is to assess the effect of acupuncture treatment combinated with conventional rehabilitation methods on gait, fatigue, quality of life and bladder functions in patients with multiple sclerosis
Detailed description
After being informed about study and potential risks, all patient giving written informed consent will undergo screening period determine eligibility for study entry. The patients who meet the eligibility recruitments will get treatment into two groups in a conventional rehabilitation and acupuncture combined with conventional rehabilitation
Interventions
OTHERAcupuncture
20 patients with multiple sclerosis meeting the criteria will undergo conventional rehabilitation and acupuncture treatment.
OTHERConventional Rehabilitation
20 patients with multiple sclerosis meeting the criteria will undergo conventional rehabilitation
Sponsors
Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Being diagnosed with MS according to McDonald criteria * EDSS score between 1-6 * The patient is clinically stable * Having not had a new MS attack in the last 3 months * Being cognitively suitable to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* Being clinically unstable * Inability to cognitively participate in tests * Having received acupuncture treatment in the last 6 months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Timed 25 Foot Walk Test Score | Baseline, after 1 month and 3 month changes | The Timed 25 Foot Walk test assesses a patient's ability to walk 25 feet distance.Patient's walking speed in m/s calculate |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Neurogenic Bladder Symptom Scoring | Baseline, after 1 month and 3 month changes | The Neurogenic Bladder Symptom Score (NBSS) is a validated 24 item questionnaire that measures bladder symptoms across 3 different domains: incontinence (scored 0-29), storage and voiding (scored 0-22), and consequences (scored 0-23); there is a single general urinary QOL question scored from 0 (pleased) to 4 (unhappy). For all domains, a higher score represents a worse symptom burden or QOL |
| Incontinence Quality of Life Questionnaire | Baseline, after 1 month and 3 month changes | There are 22 questions. The 22 items can be further grouped into 3 subscales: Avoidance and Limiting Behaviour (8 items), Psychosocial Impacts (9 items), and Social Embarrassment (5 items). The total I-QOL and 3 subscale scores are calculated by summing the unweighted item score and transforming them to a 100 point scale where 0 = most severe, and 100 = no problem . The instrument has been widely used and has been successfully validated for people with uriner incontinence |
| Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life-54 (MSQOL-54) | Baseline, after 1 month and 3 month changes | The MSQOL-54 is a multidimensional health-related quality of life measure that combines both generic and MS-specific items into a single instrument |
| Fatigue Severity Scale | Baseline, after 1 month and 3 month changes | The FAS is a 10-item scale evaluating symptoms of chronic fatigue. As the score increases in FAS, the severity of the patient's fatigue also increases. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed