Feasibility, acceptability, and initial efficacy of a wheelchair exercise training program in persons with multiple sclerosis: study protocol for a parallel group randomized controlled trial.
Stephanie L Silveira, Robert W Motl, Katherine Froehlich-Grobe and 1 others
PMID 38520055WHAT IT FOUND
This is a protocol for a planned trial, not a report of results.
It describes testing a 16-week remote exercise program for wheelchair users with MS. No patients have been treated yet, so there are no findings on whether the program works.
Key findings
01The study is a protocol for a future randomized controlled trial assessing feasibility and preliminary efficacy, not a completed trial with results.
02The intervention involves a 16-week home-based exercise program with behavioral coaching, compared to a wellness control group that avoids exercise topics.
STILL TO COME
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What it does not show
No patients have been enrolled or treated, so no data on effectiveness, safety, or feasibility exists. The planned sample size of 24 is too small to detect meaningful clinical differences or generalize to the broader MS population. The study is designed to test if the trial *can* be done, not if the treatment *works*.
Declared interests
The authors report no competing interests to declare.
The easy way to misread this
Do not interpret this as evidence that the exercise program works. It is a plan for a future study; no participants have received the intervention and no outcomes have been measured.