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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 02-dic-2024