Effect of Visually-Guided Gait Training on Balance, Mobility and Risk of Falling in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

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• Patients with severe cognitive impairment or psychological disorders impaired the ability to follow the procedures of the study.
• Patients with cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.
• Patients with serious unstable medical condition or Patients had an acute exacerbation of MS within last month.

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• Patients with any other neurological deficits or orthopedics abnormalities.
• Patients with secondary musculoskeletal complications such as fractures, contractures, or deformities.
• Patients with vision problems that impaired walking ability.
• Pregnant women.

• Clinically definite MS (relapsing and remitting) patients who are stable for at least three months.
• Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of ≤ 4 (fully ambulatory, self-sufficient, and able to stand and walk without any aid or orthosis at least 500 meters) to minimize the impact of motor weakness interfering with their ability to perform the task.
• Normal or corrected to normal vision, wearing eyeglasses.
• The age will range from 20 - 45 years.
• All patients with MS were required to report subjective perceived imbalance or history of falls (in the last year)