Medium-long term effects of a specific exercise protocol combined with patient education on spine mobility, chronic fatigue, pain, aerobic fitness and level of disability in fibromyalgia: a case-control study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- M79.7Fibromyalgia
- Registration Number
- DRKS00005071
- Lead Sponsor
- Rehabilitation Unit, University of Padova, Italy
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 41
Inclusion Criteria
patients with diagnosis of FM
- aged between 35 and 65 yrs
- body mass index (BMI) between 18 and 35 kg/m2.
Exclusion Criteria
a) diabetes;
b) rheumatic diseases;
c) severe osteoarthritis;
d) severe osteoporosis;
e) severe musculoskeletal alterations;
g) users of assistive devices to perform daily activities;
h) orthopaedic surgery;
i) patients who had attended physical therapy, rehabilitation treatments or had modified their usual FM pharmacological therapy in the previous 3 months of the enrollment.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method a) Pain reduction as measured by the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), before, immediately after the end of the programme and at a 6-month follow-up.<br>b) Functional capacity improvement, measured using the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) and the 6 minute walk test (6MWT) before, immediately after the end of the programme and a t a 6-month follow-up. <br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method effects of the exercise protocol on active spinal range of motion (ROM), in particular flexion-extension, right and left inclination, right and left rotation, as evaluated by means of a validated pocket compass needle goniometer, before, immediately after the end of the programme and at a 6-month follow-up.<br>