Effectiveness of Manual Lymphatic Drainage in Patients With Fibromyalgia (EMLDIPWF)

Camilo Jose Cela University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fibromyalgia

Treatments: Other: Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04865523

CamiloJcUFM

Details and patient eligibility

About

Manual Lymphatic Drainage is a widely used technique for lymphedema. However, the analgesic effects of this technique could be potentially useful for managing pain in patients with generalized widespread chronic pain, including patients with fibromyalgia.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 30 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women with diagnosis of Fibromyalgia.

Exclusion criteria

• Women with heart failure.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Manual Lymphatic Drainage

No intervention

No Intervention group