88
Participants
Start Date
October 31, 2012
Primary Completion Date
August 31, 2018
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2018
Vestibular rehabilitation: balance and eye movement exercises
The Experimental group will perform 1-hour supervised intervention sessions 2x/wk for 6-wks, then 1x/wk for 8-weeks, for a total of 20 supervised sessions. The intervention is a progressive vestibular rehabilitation program comprised of balance and eye movement exercises as detailed in our preliminary study report. The balance training includes standing and walking tasks on varied types of compliant surfaces, base of support, head movements, visual input and eye-hand tasks. The tasks will progress from simple to more complex. Eye movement exercises will include voluntary saccadic eye movements and smooth pursuit movements. Vestibulo-ocular eye training will be performed while visually fixating on a stationary object, while moving the head up and down and side to side at various speeds, progressing from sitting to standing on firm and compliant surface. Participants in the Experimental group will be given items of the exercise program to perform as a home exercise program.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus/University of Colorado Denver, Aurora
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
OTHER
University of Colorado, Denver
OTHER