Effectiveness of Dance on Patients With Fibromyalgia

Federal University of São Paulo

Status

Completed

Conditions

Fibromyalgia

Treatments

Other: Control Group

Behavioral: Dance

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00961805

1044/06

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study is to assess the effectiveness of belly dance as a treatment for pain and improving the quality of life of patients with fibromyalgia.

Eighty female patients with fibromyalgia between 18 to 65 years were randomly allocated to a dance group (n=40) and control group (n=40). Patients in the dance group underwent 16 weeks of belly dance twice a week, while the patients in the control group remained on a waiting list. Patients were evaluated with regard to pain (Visual Analogue Scale), function (6 minute walk test), quality of life (Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire and SF-36), depression (Beck Inventory), anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) and self-image (Body Dysmorphic Disorder Examination) questionnaire. Evaluations were carried out at baseline, after 16 weeks and after 32 weeks.

Enrollment

80 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

classification of fibromyalgia based on the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology
female gender
aged between 18 and 65 years

Exclusion criteria

not having altered treatment in previous three years
having signed a term of informed consent
patients with other rheumatic diseases, painful osteoarticular conditions, uncontrolled cardiopulmonary disease, diseases of the lower limbs or uncontrolled diabetes were excluded