BALTiC Study: A Feasibility Analysis of Home Based BALance Training in People With Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

16

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

December 31, 2016

Primary Completion Date

March 31, 2017

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2018

Conditions
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type IA
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Falls management plus exercise training

Participants will undergo a session of falls management and education followed by 12 weeks of strength and balance training. Strength training will be performed 4 times per week. Resistance training of the proximal muscles will be prescribed progressing to loads of 60% of 1 repetition maximum, 8-12 repetitions. Weaker muscles will be trained using 2 sets of 8-12 repetitions against gravity. They will also give a selection of exercises targeting balance to challenge stability and sensory feedback using equipment such as foam cushions, though will be individual based on participants' limitations and abilities. Participants will be asked to perform balance exercises daily.

BEHAVIORAL

Falls management only

Participants will undergo a session of falls management and education.

Trial Locations (1)

WC1N 3BG

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH, London

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Charcot Marie Tooth United Kingdom

UNKNOWN

collaborator

Kingston University

OTHER

lead

University College London Hospitals

OTHER

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