RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Therapeutic exercise and pain neurophysiology education in female patients with fibromyalgia syndrome: A feasibility study A1 Ceballos Laita, Luis A1 Mingo Gómez, María Teresa A1 Navas Cámara, Francisco José A1 Estébanez de Miguel, Elena A1 Caudevilla Polo, Santos A1 Verde Rello, Zoraida A1 Fernández Araque, Ana María A1 Jiménez del Barrio, Sandra K1 Fibromialgia K1 Fibromyalgia K1 Physical therapy modalities K1 Patient education K1 Fibromialgia K1 Modalidades de fisioterapia K1 Educación del paciente K1 3213.11 Fisioterapia AB Background: We compared the effects of therapeutic exercise (TE) combined with pain neurophysiology education (PNE) to those of TE in isolation on pain intensity, general fibromyalgia impact, mechanical pain sensitivity, pain catastrophizing, psychological distress and quality of life in women with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Methods: A feasibility study with a 3 month follow-up was designed. Thirty-two patients with FMS were randomly assigned to PNE + TE group (n = 16) or to TE group (n = 16). Both groups received 30 sessions of TE (3 per week), and the PNE + TE group received eight face-to-face educational sessions. The measuring instruments used were the visual analogue scale, a standard pressure algometer, the Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Health Assessment Questionnaire. Results: The PNE + TE group showed a statistically significant decrease on pain intensity compared to TE group at short term (p = 0.015). No between-groups differences were found for mechanical pain sensitivity, general fibromyalgia impact, pain catastrophizing, psychological distress or quality of life (p > 0.05). Conclusions: The combination of PNE and TE was more effective than TE for reducing pain intensity in the short-term. No differences were found for psychological distress, pain catastrophizing and quality of life after the intervention or at 3 months of follow-up. PB MDPI YR 2020 FD 2020 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/58749 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/58749 LA eng NO J. Clin. Med. 2020, vol. 9, n. 11, 3564 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 01-jun-2024