Can an AI app help MS patients get stronger at home?
NCT ID NCT06871072
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study tested whether an artificial intelligence (AI) app could help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) improve their strength through home-based exercise. Fifty-eight adults with MS followed a 20-week strength training program, with one group using the AI app for guidance and feedback, and the other using paper instructions and videos. The goal was to see if the AI approach could boost strength, mobility, and quality of life more than the conventional method.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AI-powered telerehabilitation app (RehBody) for strength training
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a convenient, AI-guided way for people with MS to improve strength and quality of life from home.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial (58 participants) with no phase designation, so results may not apply broadly. The AI app's benefits over conventional methods are uncertain.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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58 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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35 to 60 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis according to the McDonald criteria 2017: * Age between 35 and 60 years. * Score on the Expanded Disability Status Scale in Multiple Sclerosis by Kurtzke (EDSS) between 2 and 6 points. * Patients who do not require assistive devices for home mobility. * Patients with no changes in disease-modifying treatment in the last 3 months. * Patients who have understood, completed, and signed the informed consent and the study information sheet. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have been regularly performing strength exercises for more than 3 months prior. * Moderate/severe cognitive impairment that may interfere with the understanding and/or execution of the study. * History of alcohol and/or drug abuse. * Presence of a relapse and/or treatment with corticosteroids within the four weeks prior to the start of the study. * Patients with severe comorbidities other than MS that may pose a risk for following the exercise guidelines or for their participation in the study for other reasons.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Macarena University Hospital
Seville, Spain
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