Exercise, Acupuncture and Fibromyalgia

University of Sao Paulo

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Fibromyalgia; Juvenile

Treatments: Procedure: acupuncture; Procedure: exercise training; Procedure: Exercise, Acupuncture and Fibromyalgia

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01163409

exercisefibro

Details and patient eligibility

About

Set of real acupuncture treatment and supervised aerobic exercise have better efficacy in pediatric patients with fibromyalgia versus treatment with sham acupuncture and supervised aerobic exercise, as well as treatment versus combination with aerobic exercise and resistance exercise the major muscle groups, both supervised versus group control, who just get guidance for physical activity.

Full description

Fibromyalgia syndrome is a chronic musculoskeletal pain of unknown etiology. It is characterized by diffuse musculoskeletal pain or painful specific sites, usually accompanied by sleep disorders, fatigue, morning stiffness, chronic headaches, mental disorders and functional bowel. The diagnosis is essentially clinical, with no abnormal laboratory and radiological features Physical exercises are part of the treatment of fibromyalgia, but does not report studies in children. In general children with fibromyalgia are encouraged to a multidisciplinary treatment including medication, family education and child graduated aerobic exercise, psychotherapy, interventions to reduce pain, stress and improve sleep quality. To date no studies in medical literature with the use of acupuncture and supervised physical activity in juvenile fibromyalgia.

The significant sample of this disease, our recent publications in this research and the lack of systematic study of physical activity and acupuncture have stimulated this research. Assess pain reduction and improvement in quality of life in children and adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Juvenile fibromyalgia diagnosis
• Age between ten to seventeen years and eleven months

Exclusion criteria

• Previous treatment with acupuncture;
• Treatment with psychotherapy, exercise training, use of antidepressant and anti-inflammatory drugs in the last month;
• Inflammatory diseases, hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 4 patient groups

acupuncture

Experimental group

Description:

will be made with classic acupuncture needling in traditional points, surpassing the skin

Treatment:

Procedure: Exercise, Acupuncture and Fibromyalgia

Procedure: acupuncture

sham acupuncture

Experimental group

Description:

sham acupuncture will be done through a needle and a plastic device attached to skin in traditional acupuncture points.

Treatment:

Procedure: Exercise, Acupuncture and Fibromyalgia

exercise training resistance and aerobic

Experimental group

Description:

Aerobic exercise for 1 hour and resistance exercises for major muscle groups.

Treatment:

Procedure: Exercise, Acupuncture and Fibromyalgia

Procedure: exercise training

healthy lifestyle

No Intervention group

Description:

Group 4 - will be the control group who receive follow-up and recommendation for physical activity, but without any intervention supervised.

Treatment:

Procedure: Exercise, Acupuncture and Fibromyalgia