The benefits of hydrotherapy in quality of life of patients with low back pain mechanism associated with the symptoms of fibromyalgia.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- The low back painMusculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disordersPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12610000586011
- Lead Sponsor
- Program of scientific initiation(PIBIC -Unifieo) research support.
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 3
Inclusion Criteria
All had a diagnosis of low back pain and fulfilled the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology 1990 for fibromyalgia.
Minimum age of 18 years.
Level of understanding (cognitive) to accomplish the tasks.
Signing the free and informed consent approved by the Ethics in Research of the University Center - FIEO (CEP-UNIFIEO).
Exclusion Criteria
We excluded patients with contraindications to the pool, such as infectious disease, the participants delivered the medical certificate for physical activity in the heated pool.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method In the first and last session were evaluated the intensity of low back pain and tender points by visual analog scale (VAS), which consists of a line of 10 cm in length, without number, in which there is only an indication of the extreme left without pain and the extreme right unbearable pain. The higher the score, the greater the intensity of pain.[at the end of 12 sessions.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of Life Questionnaire (QIF), there was a decrease in three patients symptoms of depression, anxiety, stiffness, fatigue, inability to perform activities and number of days of interrupted activity, decrease in the symptom of pain in patients 1 and 2.The three patients remained with the same number of tender points .[at the end of 12 sessions.]