Telerehabilitation in Patients With Fibromyalgia

Marmara University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fibromyalgia

Treatments: Other: Exercise Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06299527

01032024

Details and patient eligibility

About

Sixty-six FMS patients received the same exercise program for 8 weeks and divided, synchronous (n: 33), asynchronous (n: 33). Pain (Visual analog Scale, VAS), functional limitations and disabilities (Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, FEA), health-related quality of life (HRQol; Short Form-12, SF 12), catastrophizing (pain catastrophizing scale, PCS), anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HAD), functional capacity (6-minute walking test, 6MWT), muscle strength (Arm curl test) joint position sense (Laser Cursor Assisted Angle Repetition Test, LI-RATT) were assessed at baseline, mid-treatment (week 4), end of treatment (week 8), and eight weeks after treatment (week 16).

Full description

Materials and methods: A randomized clinical study. Sixty-six FMS patients received the same exercise program for 8 weeks and divided, synchronous (n: 33), asynchronous (n: 33). Pain (Visual analog Scale, VAS), functional limitations and disabilities (Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, FEA), health-related quality of life (HRQol; Short Form-12, SF 12), catastrophizing (pain catastrophizing scale, PCS), anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HAD), functional capacity (6-minute walking test, 6MWT), muscle strength (Arm curl test) joint position sense (Laser Cursor Assisted Angle Repetition Test, LI-RATT) were assessed at baseline, mid-treatment (week 4), end of treatment (week 8), and eight weeks after treatment (week 16).

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with FMS by the physician in accordance with ACR 2016 criteria,
• Having independent mobility,
• Not having advanced vision and hearing loss,
• Minimum literacy, participating voluntarily, making video calls, Internet and smartphone access

Exclusion criteria

• Have a rheumatic disease with more prominent symptoms than FMS,
• Have an active infection,
• Have a surgical operation in the last three months,
• Have an uncontrollable chronic disease,
• Have another musculoskeletal disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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66 participants in 2 patient groups

Synchronous Exercise Group

Experimental group

Description:

Synchronous telerehabilitation was performed via videoconference. Patients were taken to video conference calls accompanied by a researcher and supervisor. Participants were to perform their exercises simultaneously under the guidance of the researcher. Participants were taken to video conference calls in groups of 5 with similar functional levels. Each session lasts an average of 45 minutes. It was last. The start and end date of the exercise program, the number of repetitions for each exercise, the number of sets, daily repetitions, rest time between sets and the order of the exercises were determined by the researcher.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise Program

Asynchronous Exercise Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Asynchronous telerehabilitation was carried out through the mobile application. Researchers created a record for each participant in the mobile application with the personal information of the participants. Participants were logged in to the application with an account address and password created for them. The mobile application was supervised and followed by a researcher. The principal researcher prepared an exercise program specifically for each participant. He sent the exercise program he had prepared to the relevant participants through the application. In the mobile application, all exercises are explained in video and writing.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise Program