Feasibility and Acceptability of Home-based Stretching Exercises in Fibromyalgia

University College of Northern Denmark

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fibromyalgia; Quality of Life; Pain

Treatments: Other: Homebased stretching exercise and app supervision

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06176053

Feasibility and acceptability

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to gather knowledge about the patient's acceptance of the intervention and testing procedures, assess the adherence to the intervention, estimate the recruitment rate, and inform the sample size calculation for a subsequent randomized controlled trial.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients are included if they are aged 18 to 55 years and diagnosed with fibromyalgia in accordance with the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria

Exclusion criteria

• Non-controlled systemic disorders
• Impaired alertness or comprehension
• relevant joint disorders (e.g., severe arthritis, arthroplasty of the hip or knee, and rheumatoid arthritis)
• recent changes in therapy
• neurological and musculoskeletal conditions that could compromise assessments

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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12 participants in 1 patient group

Regular statict stretching for six weeks

Experimental group

Description:

Twelve patients aged 18-65, diagnosed with fibromyalgia, will be recruited to participate in a six-week, supervised, home-based stretching program. Exercises are to be performed daily (6 minutes per day) for six weeks. Adherence will be supported, and weekly contact with each participant will be maintained via a mHealth application.

Treatment:

Other: Homebased stretching exercise and app supervision