Connective Tissue Massage With Fibromyalgia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Fibromyalgia
• Interventions: Other: Connective Tissue Massage; Other: clinical pilates exercises

• Registration Number: NCT05063188
• Lead Sponsor: Pamukkale University

Brief Summary

The aim of the study was to examine the effectiveness of clinical pilates exercises and connective tissue massage in individuals with Fibromyalgia (FM). 32 women were randomly divided into two groups as intervention (n=15, mean age=48.80±7.48) and control (n=17, mean age=55.64±7.87). While connective tissue massage and clinical pilates exercises were applied to the intervention group, control group were applied only clinical pilates exercises.According to our results, connective tissue massage increased the effectiveness of clinical pilates exercises in individuals with FM.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-09-10
• Primary Completion: 2020-09-20
• Study Completion: 2020-10-15
• Status Verified: 2021-09
• Study First Submitted: 2021-09-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-09-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-09-22
• Study First Posted: 2021-09-30
• Last Update Posted: 2021-09-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 32

Inclusion Criteria

(a) having FM diagnosis according to American College of Rheumatology 2016 criteria, (b) being a women, (c) aged 20-65. (d) being stable in drug use for at least 6 months or more. (e) being volunteer to participate in this study.

Exclusion Criteria

(a) have been exercising regularly for the past three months, (b) the presence of uncontrolled cardiopulmonary disease, (c) the presence of orthopedic, neurological or mental problems that may prevent exercise, (d) having undergone any surgery in the last six months for both groups, (e) pregnancy, (f) presence of malignancy, (g) not being able to participate in at least 75% of the training.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	Connective Tissue Massage	-
Control group	clinical pilates exercises	-
Intervention group	clinical pilates exercises	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain Location Inventory	10 min
Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire	15 min
Health Assessment Questionnaire	10 min
Beck Anxiety Inventory	10 min
Biopsychosocial Questionnaire	15 min
Short Form-36	10 min

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pamukkale University; 🇹🇷 Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey