Ocular motor assessment as an extension of the neurological examination in multiple sclerosis

Subject area of study: 
Multiple sclerosis
Title of study: 
Ocular motor assessment as an extension of the neurological examination in multiple sclerosis
Brief outline of the study: 

Control subjects only, aged 35-65yo.
Cognitive function is highly prevalent in MS, however routine clinical assessment rarely includes assessment of cognitive function. This clearly impacts the implementation of effective patient management strategies. To address this, we propose the inclusion of ocular motor (OM) measures of cognition in the clinical assessment of MS patients. This research will ascertain the profile of measures most useful to possibly (1) aid diagnosis, and (2) measure disease progression. Ultimately this will lead to the development of a user-friendly, cost-effective, surrogate measure of brain damage and therapeutic effect which would dramatically improve patient management, potentially facilitating earlier identification of symptoms and progression and the prediction of disease course.

Department: 
Van Cleef/Roet Centre for Nervous Diseases, and Department of Neuroscience
Recruitment start date: 
Fri, 02/03/2018
Recruitment end date: 
Tue, 02/03/2021
Contact person title: 
Dr
Contact person first name: 
Meaghan
Contact person last name: 
Clough
Contact email: 
meaghan.clough@monash.edu
Contact phone number: 
(03) 9903 0895
Website link: 
https://www.monash.edu/medicine/ccs/neuroscience
Ethics Committee Project Number: 
8068
Do you have advertising approval?: 
Yes
Approved by: 
Monash