In-phase Bilateral Exercises in People With Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

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Enrollment

5

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 10, 2023

Primary Completion Date

October 6, 2023

Study Completion Date

October 13, 2023

Conditions
Multiple Sclerosis
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

In-phase Bilateral Exercises of the upper limbs

"The intervention protocol consists of in-phase bilateral exercises for the upper limbs, which are adapted to different sport activities and to fitness functional exercises, organized in a circuit training. Specifically, each session will consist of 1-3 sets, consisting of 10-15 repetitions of 9 different exercises targeting large muscle groups of the upper limbs.~The specific exercises will include sports activities of basic technical skills of basketball (e.g., different types of passing, catching and throwing the ball) and volleyball (e.g., different types of passing and receiving the ball), whereas the fitness exercises will include shoulder rows, shoulder lateral raises, elbow flexions, elbow extensions, using resistance elastic bands, as well as exercises with the patients' own body weight (e.g., pushups, TRX).~The intervention phase for each participant will consist of 12 consecutive weeks, for 3 times per week, 30-60 minutes each session."

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

Dimitris Sokratous, Limassol

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

The Cyprus Foundation for Muscular Dystrophy Research

OTHER

lead

Cyprus University of Technology

OTHER