Effects of and Exploring the Processes of Free Movement Dance as a Physical Therapy Intervention for Female Patients Diagnosed With Chronic Widespread Pain (Including Fibromyalgia).

Göteborg University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Fibromyalgia; Chronic Widespread Pain

Treatments: Other: Free Movement Dance; Other: Modified person-centred progressive resistance exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05282758

EPM Dnr: 2021-04146

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study has three parts:

Part 1: To evaluate, for adult female patients diagnosed with chronic widespread pain (including fibromyalgia), the effects of Free Movement Dance as an add-on intervention after interdisciplinary pain management/rehabilitation at a specialist pain clinic versus modified person-centered progressive resistance exercise. The cognitive-behavioural conceptualization of pain, effects on pain intensity, physical function, self-efficacy, pain catastrophizing, health related quality of life, anxiety and depression symptoms and quality of sleep will be evaluated.

Part 2: To explore, for adult female patients diagnosed with chronic widespread pain (including fibromyalgia), the processes of Free Movement Dance, as an add-on intervention after interdisciplinary pain management/rehabilitation at a specialist pain clinic, to generate a substantive theory useful for clinical praxis.

Part 3: To explore and describe why participants who agreed and signed consent choose to withdraw from participating in the interventions of the study's part 1.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female Patients Diagnosed With Chronic Widespread Pain (Including Fibromyalgia) participating in an interdisciplinary pain management and rehabilitation for three months on a specialist pain clinic in south-west of Sweden.
• Age over 18 years and to be able to read and write Swedish. -

Exclusion criteria

• Red flag disorders such as malignancy/cancer, acute traumas such as fracture (less than six months ago) or infection.
• Pregnancy, severe mental illness, and ongoing substance abuse.
• Yellow flags as issues with compensation system or unsolved insurance issues with insurance company or the Swedish Social Insurance Agency. -

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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52 participants in 2 patient groups

Interdisciplinary team treatment + add on Intervention - Free Movement Dance

Experimental group

Description:

Interdisciplinary team treatment + add on Intervention - Free Movement Dance as a physiotherapy intervention

Treatment:

Other: Free Movement Dance

Interdisciplinary team treatment + add on Modified person-centered progressive resistance exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

Interdisciplinary team treatment + add on Control group - modified person-centered progressive resistance exercise as a physiotherapy intervention

Treatment:

Other: Modified person-centred progressive resistance exercise