The of aquatic exercise interventions on quality of sleep, mental toughness, cognitive function, fatigue, paresthesia and depression among patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Authors
Category Primary study
Registry of TrialsIranian Registry of Clinical Trials
Year 2018
INTERVENTION: Intervention 1: Intervention group: The experimental group will perform an aquatic exercise in 8 weeks and in every week 3 sessions of 60 minutes that will be conducted under a trained and professional instructor of aquatic exercising and it includes a set of warming‐up, stretching, balance and coordination exercises, endurance and strengths training in the pool. Intervention 2: Control group: The control group will not receive any interference. CONDITION: MS. ; Multiple sclerosis PRIMARY OUTCOME: Depression. Timepoint: The beginning of the study (baseline), week four and end of the study (week eight). Method of measurement: Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Fatigue. Timepoint: The beginning of the study (baseline), week four and end of the study (week eight). Method of measurement: Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS). Mental toughness. Timepoint: The beginning of the study (baseline), week four and end of the study (week eight). Method of measurement: Mental toughness questionnaire (MTQ48). Neurological performance. Timepoint: The beginning of the study (baseline), week four and end of the study (week eight). Method of measurement: StroopTest and NUCog test. Paresthesia. Timepoint: The beginning of the study (baseline), week four and end of the study (week eight). Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale(VAS). Quality of sleep. Timepoint: The beginning of the study (baseline), week four and end of the study (week eight). Method of measurement: Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). INCLUSION CRITERIA: Diagnosis of MS by neurologist; Female gender; Age 18‐65 years; EDSS 0‐6; No diagnosed cardiovascular diseases; No metabolic disorders; Psychiatric disorders and orthopedically diseases; No comorbid with other neurological diseases ; Willing and able to comply with the study conditions; Written informed consent.
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