Cooling Vest Effect on Balance in People With Multiple Sclerosis
Compares balance after biking with and without a cooling vest in people with multiple sclerosis.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Hunter College of City University of New York
- Where
- New York, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Effect of Cooling on Balance Performance in Multiple Sclerosis
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 30 people, planned
- Started
- 2 Nov 2023
- Expected to end
- 31 Dec 2026
- Type of study
- Observational
- Treatments tested
- 20 minutes of biking on a stationary recumbent bicycle with and without a cooling vest
- Record updated
- 15 November 2023
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults aged 18 to 75 with a confirmed diagnosis of multiple sclerosis who can stand without help for at least 1 minute. It studies whether a cooling vest changes balance after exercise.
- Age
- 18 to 75 years
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Definite diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. No stage or severity is stated.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Bone, joint, heart, lung or other nerve problems (not MS) that would affect balance
- Under age 18 or over 75
- Cannot stand without help for at least 1 minute
- Cannot read and understand an informed consent
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who cannot take part
- Under age 18 or over 75
- Any orthopedic, cardiopulmonary, or non-MS neurologic complication that would interfere with balance because it is study on Multiple Sclerosis
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 75 years old?
Where in United States
- Hunter College, Physical Therapy Department, City University of New YorkNew York, United StatesContact: Herbert Karpatkin, DScTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this observational study to examine the effects of cooling on balance in persons with Multiple Sclerosis. Persons with Multiple Sclerosis frequently have problems with balance leading to falls and related injuries, as well as avoidance of activities that may challenge balance. Persons with Multiple Sclerosis are also well known to experience worsening of their symptoms when they become too warm, a condition known as thermosensitivity. This suggests that heat may worsen balance and increase falls risk in persons with Multiple Sclerosis. In this study we are examining the effects of wearing a cooling vest on balance performance in persons with MS. The main questions our study aims to answer are:
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Question 1- Does wearing a cooling vest result in better balance performance in persons with MS when compared to a condition when they are not wearing the vest.
Participants will be given a balance test to assess their baseline balance performance. Following the test participants will be randomly assigned to either a cooled or an uncooled condition. In the cooled condition, participants will wear a commercially available cooling vest while pedaling for 20 minutes at their best comfortable pace on a recumbent stationary bicycle. Immediately following the 20 minutes of exercise the vest shall be removed and the balance test repeated. Subjects in the uncooled condition will perform the same task but without wearing the vest. One week later, participants will return and will perform the opposite of what they did the previous week; subjects who were in the cooled group will perform the 20 minute exercise test without the cooling vest and subjects who were uncooled will perform the test with a cooling vest. The same balance test will be performed before and after the exercise bout.The change in the balance scores between the 2 conditions will be compared.
The group in the trial
- Persons with Multiple sclerosis
Persons with a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
Treatment: 20 minutes of biking on a stationary recumbent bicycle with and without a cooling vest
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Effect of Cooling on Balance Performance in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis
- Plain-language title
- Cooling Vest Effect on Balance in People With Multiple SclerosisGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06094855, who can take part
- Record updated
- 15 November 2023