Standing up in people with progressive multiple sclerosis (SUMS): A multi-centre randomised controlled trial evaluating a home-based standing frame programme

Purpose: Severely impaired people with progressive MS spend much of their day sitting. In response, secondary physical and psycho-social complications can occur. Effective self-management strategies, feasible to implement within people's homes, are needed to improve/maintain mobility and its associated complications. This is challenging, particularly in the latter stages of disease. This study evaluates the use of a home-based, self-managed standing frame programme.