Add-on Complex Ayurvedic Treatment in Fibromyalgia-Syndrome Compared to Standard Care Alone (KAFA)

Andreas Michalsen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fibromyalgia Syndrome

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01389336

KAFA

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an additive complex āyurvedic diagnosis and treatment compared to conventional standard care alone in stationary patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• informed consent
• age between 18 and 70 years
• FMS according to current guidelines

Exclusion criteria

• change of pharmacological FMS treatment >= 6 weeks before inclusion
• pregnancy or breat feeding
• acute psychiatric condition
• severe acute somatic disease
• severechronic comorbidity
• obesity WHO >= II degree
• bloodcoagulation-disease
• intake of opiods
• current treatment with hyperthermia
• simultaneous participant in other trial
• praticipation in other trial during 6 month before inclusion

Trial design

31 participants in 2 patient groups

Add-on Ayurveda - Group

Description:

In the Āyurveda add-on-group 20 patients will receive individualized treatment according to the Āyurveda diagnosis which may include manual treatments, massages, dietary advice, specific consideration of selected food items, āyurvedic lifestyle \& yoga posture advice and daily self-applied massage on top of standard care.

Standard Care

Description:

20 Patients will receive the individually adjusted complex conventional standard care according to the current AWMF-guidelines including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, specific pain therapy and psychotherapy.