Home-Based balance training shows promise for MS and Parkinson's patients
NCT ID NCT07502066
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a 4-week telerehabilitation program can improve balance and quality of life in 36 people with multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's disease. Participants do balance exercises at home while monitored by a hospital physiotherapist. The results are compared to standard care to see if remote therapy is effective.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- telerehabilitation (remote physiotherapy)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a convenient home-based therapy to improve balance and mobility for people with neurodegenerative diseases.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 36 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The treatment is short (4 weeks) and long-term benefits are unknown.
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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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About 36 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2021
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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18 to 90 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Possession of an ADSL internet connection with a flat rate or, in the case of a pay-as-you-go tariff, with an availability of at least 20 Gigabytes/month. PARKINSON'S DISEASE: * Patients with Parkinson's disease, according to the criteria of the UK Parkinson's Disease Society Brain Bank, in stabilised pharmacological treatment with L-Dopa or dopamine agonists and with a Hoehn \& Yahr scale score between 1.5 and 2.5; * Patients presenting a score ≤ 2 in the 'freezing when walking' subitem of section II of the UPDRS; * Patients presenting a score ≤ 2 in both duration and disability in the "dyskinesias" sub-item of section IV of the UPDRS. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS * Subjects with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in the relapsing remitting (RRMS) or secondary progressive (SPMS) forms, according to the criteria of MC Donald 2010 \[14\], under stable drug treatment and with Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score ≤ 6.5; * At the time of inclusion, at least 3 months have elapsed since the last relapse. Exclusion Criteria: * All patients will be excluded from the study who, in association with the diagnosis of the diseases listed above, have the following comorbidities diagnosed and documented in the medical records * Unstabilised fractures; * Diagnosis of major depression; * Severe deficits in visual acuity and hearing perception; * Dementia; * Epilepsy not controlled pharmacologically; * Ideomotor apraxia; * Neglect; * Severe impairment of verbal comprehension
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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IRCCS San Camillo Hospital
Venice-Lido, 30126, Italy
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