Effects of and Exploring the Processes of Free Movement Dance as a Physical Therapy Intervention for Female Patients Diagnosed With Chronic Widespread Pain (Including Fibromyalgia).

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Fibromyalgia; Chronic Widespread Pain
• Interventions: Other: Free Movement Dance; Other: Modified person-centred progressive resistance exercise

• Registration Number: NCT05282758
• Lead Sponsor: Göteborg University

Brief Summary

The study has three parts:

Part 1: To evaluate, for adult female patients diagnosed with chronic widespread pain (including fibromyalgia), the effects of Free Movement Dance as an add-on intervention after interdisciplinary pain management/rehabilitation at a specialist pain clinic versus modified person-centered progressive resistance exercise. The cognitive-behavioural conceptualization of pain, effects on pain intensity, physical function, self-efficacy, pain catastrophizing, health related quality of life, anxiety and depression symptoms and quality of sleep will be evaluated.

Part 2: To explore, for adult female patients diagnosed with chronic widespread pain (including fibromyalgia), the processes of Free Movement Dance, as an add-on intervention after interdisciplinary pain management/rehabilitation at a specialist pain clinic, to generate a substantive theory useful for clinical praxis.

Part 3: To explore and describe why participants who agreed and signed consent choose to withdraw from participating in the interventions of the study's part 1.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-12-20
• Study Start: 2022-02-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-03-07
• Study First Posted: 2022-03-16
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-04
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-08
• Primary Completion: 2025-12
• Study Completion: 2025-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 52

Inclusion Criteria

• Female Patients Diagnosed With Chronic Widespread Pain (Including Fibromyalgia) participating in an interdisciplinary pain management and rehabilitation for three months on a specialist pain clinic in south-west of Sweden.
• Age over 18 years and to be able to read and write Swedish. -

Exclusion Criteria

• Red flag disorders such as malignancy/cancer, acute traumas such as fracture (less than six months ago) or infection.
• Pregnancy, severe mental illness, and ongoing substance abuse.
• Yellow flags as issues with compensation system or unsolved insurance issues with insurance company or the Swedish Social Insurance Agency. -

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Interdisciplinary team treatment + add on Intervention - Free Movement Dance	Free Movement Dance	Interdisciplinary team treatment + add on Intervention - Free Movement Dance as a physiotherapy intervention
Interdisciplinary team treatment + add on Modified person-centered progressive resistance exercise	Modified person-centred progressive resistance exercise	Interdisciplinary team treatment + add on Control group - modified person-centered progressive resistance exercise as a physiotherapy intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Cognitive-behavioural conceptualization of pain	Before and after the three months of interdisciplinary specialist interventions and after 12 months, which is standard procedure + after ending the add-on interventions and 24 months after the interdisciplinary treatments	- measured with The Multidimensional Pain Inventory- Swedish (MPI-s)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-reported Pain	Before and after the three months of interdisciplinary specialist interventions and after 12 months, which is standard procedure + after ending the add-on interventions and 24 months after the interdisciplinary treatments	measured by Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS)
Self-efficacy	Before and after the three months of interdisciplinary specialist interventions and after 12 months, which is standard procedure + after ending the add-on interventions and 24 months after the interdisciplinary treatments	measured by The General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE)
Health Related Quality of Life	Before and after the three months of interdisciplinary specialist interventions and after 12 months, which is standard procedure + after ending the add-on interventions and 24 months after the interdisciplinary treatments	measured by the EuroQol-5 dimensions (EQ-5D-3L)
Pain catastrophizing	Before and after the three months of interdisciplinary specialist interventions and after 12 months, which is standard procedure + after ending the add-on interventions and 24 months after the interdisciplinary treatments	measured by the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS)
Anxiety and depression symptoms	Before and after the three months of interdisciplinary specialist interventions and after 12 months, which is standard procedure + after ending the add-on interventions and 24 months after the interdisciplinary treatments	measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
Quality of sleep	Before and after the three months of interdisciplinary specialist interventions and after 12 months, which is standard procedure + after ending the add-on interventions and 24 months after the interdisciplinary treatments	measured by Insomnia Severity Scale (ISI)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Smärthjälpen; 🇸🇪 Gothenburg, Sweden