Effect of an Internet-Based Pilates Telerehabilitation Intervention in People With Multiple Sclerosis: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Andrea Tacchino   ¹ , PhD ;   Michela Ponzio   ¹ , PhD ;   Paolo Confalonieri   ² , MD ;   Letizia Leocani   ^{3, 4} , MD, PhD ;   Matilde Inglese   ^{5, 6} , MD, PhD ;   Diego Centonze   ^{7, 8} , MD, PhD ;   Eleonora Cocco   ⁹ , MD ;   Paolo Gallo   ¹⁰ , MD, PhD ;   Damiano Paolicelli   ¹¹ , MD, PhD ;   Marco Rovaris   ¹² , MD, PhD ;   Loredana Sabattini   ¹³ , MD ;   Gioacchino Tedeschi   ¹⁴ , MD ;   Luca Prosperini   ¹⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Francesco Patti   ^{16, 17} , MD ;   Edoardo Sessa   ¹⁸ , MD ;   Elisabetta Pedrazzoli   ¹⁹ , MD ;   Mario Alberto Battaglia   ²⁰ , MD ;   Giampaolo Brichetto   ^{1, 21} , MD, PhD

¹ Scientific Research Area, Italian Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, Genoa, Italy

² Multiple Sclerosis Center, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy

³ Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

⁴ Department of Neurorehabilitation Sciences, Casa di Cura Igea, Milan, Italy

⁵ Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

⁶ Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico - Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy

⁷ Neurology Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy

⁸ Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

⁹ Department of Medical Science and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

¹⁰ Department of Neuroscience, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

¹¹ Department of Traslational Biomedicine and Neurosciences, University A Moro, Bari, Italy

¹² Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, Milan, Italy

¹³ Unità Operativa Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation, Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

¹⁴ Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy

¹⁵ Department of Neurosciences, S Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy

¹⁶ Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

¹⁷ Unità Operativa Sclerosi Multipla, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico G Rodolico San Marco, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

¹⁸ Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Messina, Italy

¹⁹ Rehabilitation Service of Padua, Italian Multiple Sclerosis Society, Padua, Italy

²⁰ Department of Life Science, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

²¹ Rehabilitation Service of Genoa, Italian Multiple Sclerosis Society, Genoa, Italy