Balance Rehabilitation With Modified Visual Input in Patients With Neuropathy
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAssistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
About this trial
This research focuses on the effects of rehabilitation on balance, in patients with acquired chronic demyelinating neuropathy. Rehabilitation will be performed with or without vision.
It is planned to include 40 subjects consulting for walking instability related to sensitivity disorders.
This multicenter study will take place in Paris's area. Each participant will benefit from 20 rehabilitation sessions with a Physical Therapist and 3 assessments.
Thanks to randomization, patient will be allocated in one of the 2 following groups:
* Control group, Patients will benefit from balance rehabilitation with open eyes. * Experimental group, they will perform the same exercises while keeping their eyes closed or their vision will be obstructed by a mask or disturbed by moving luminous dots projected on the environment in darkness.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients with chronic demyelinating acquired neuropathy
Age ≥ 18 years.
Patients able to walk 20 meters without human assistance at least indoors with or without technical assistance.
Patients with complaints such as discomfort, walking instability related to sensitivity disorders.
Disqualifiers
Patients unable to walk 20 metres without technical and human assistance indoors.
Patients with an ongoing hospitalization.
Patients already included and participating in another intervention study.
Patients with ongoing balance rehabilitation and continued during the REQ-PRO program in another rehabilitation centre or practice.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Balance rehabilitation with modified visual input
- Balance rehabilitation with no modified visual input
Treatment groups
40 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov