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Effects of Exercise and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on Pain Perception and Related Biomediators in Fibromyalgia Patients - A Pilot Study

Not Applicable
Conditions
M79.7
Fibromyalgia
Registration Number
DRKS00004902
Lead Sponsor
Dept. Rehabilitation Medicine, Hannover Medical School
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
68
Inclusion Criteria

Female with 18 – 70 years old of age
- Patients understand German Language.
- American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for fibromyalgia (Wolfe et al, 1990) is confirmed by physicians at Deparment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hannover Medical School

Exclusion Criteria

- Patient has abnormal function of liver.
- Patient is pregnant.
- Patient discontinues aerobic exercise and CBT/patient education program 2 months ago
- Patient with endocrine or clinically significant chronic disease, such as diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease or organic brain disorders
- Patient has a recent or past history of psychiatric disorders, e.g. major depressive disorder, alcohol dependence, substance abuse, schizophrenic or paranoid disorders, personality disorder or somatoform disorders.

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain intensity that is measured by visual anaologue scale which is consisted of scale from 0(No pain) to 10 (The worst pain). This scale is assessed before treatment, after 12 weeks of treatment and after 6 months of the last treatment
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Questionnaires:<br>- fibromyalgia impact questionnaires (self administered)<br>Hospital Anxiety and Depression Score (self-administered),<br>SF-12 (self administered), <br>pain-related biomediators (interleukins) from serum are measured before treatment, after 12 weeks of treatment and after 6 months of the last treatment.<br>
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