Effectiveness of Dance Therapy in Fibromyalgia.

University of Granada (UGR)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fibromyalgia

Treatments: Other: Dance therapy; Other: Educational group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03971890

ExerFib

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of an intervention with dance on balance,movility, pain and sleep in patients with Fibromyalgia in comparison to a control group that will have an educational intervention.

Full description

Fibromyalgia is a chronic disease consisting of widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and cognitive impairments, among other symptoms, which affect daily physical activity.

The regular physical exercise improves the functional, physiological, and behavioral components of physical fitness. Dance therapy seems to increase motivation and adherence to therapy, and can provide a real alternative to conventional exercise

The experimental group will receive a dance program treatment .

The control group will receive an educational intervention.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 64 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being over 18 years of age until 64.
• Being diagnosed with FMS in accordance with American College of Rheumatology - ACR

Exclusion criteria

• Participants with diagnoses of other inflammatory rheumatic diseases, previous neurological or orthopedic diseases,
• Use aids for balance, hearing and visual problems.
• Cognitive impairment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

DanceTherapy Group

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group will receive a dance treatment.

Treatment:

Other: Dance therapy

Control Group

Experimental group

Description:

The control group will be subjected to a educational treatment.

Treatment:

Other: Educational group