Investigation of the Effectiveness of Thoracic Mobilization Exercise in Fibromyalgia Patients

Uskudar University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fibromyalgia

Treatments: Other: conventional physiotherapy; Other: thoracic mobilization methods

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06415565

Uskudar11

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of mobilization exercises applied to the thoracic region on pain, anxiety, depression, disease impact questionnaire, sympathetic and parasympathetic activity in patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia.

Full description

The patients included in the study were randomly divided into two as Thoracic Mobilization Group and Control Group and will be included in the treatment programs after the initial evaluations. Patients in both groups will receive a treatment of 11 sessions in total, 5 sessions per week. Participants will be evaluated twice before and after treatment with the Fibromyalgia impact questionnaire, Beck anxiety and Beck depression questionnaires. In addition, the E-motion Faros device will be used to measure heart rate variability. Measurements of heart rate variables will be made before and after the first day of treatment, before and after the 11th session, and on the 45th day.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being diagnosed with fibromyalgia by a specialist physician according to the 2013 American Association of Rheumatology diagnostic criteria
• Being between the ages of 18-45

Exclusion criteria

• Those with neurological deficit
• During menopause and postmenstrual period
• Diagnosed with diabetes
• Those with neuropathic disease
• Those with chronic inflammation
• Have immunodeficiency
• Those with cardiac disease
• Patients who are pregnant

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional physiotherapy practices will be performed.

Treatment:

Other: conventional physiotherapy

mobilization

Experimental group

Description:

In addition to conventional physiotherapy applications, thoracic mobilization applications will be performed.

Treatment:

Other: thoracic mobilization methods

Other: conventional physiotherapy