Physical Exercise and Its Impact on Signs of Inflammation in Fibromyalgia

Göteborg University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Exercise Therapy; Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Active comparator: low intensive exercise; Behavioral: Physical exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00643006

GAU2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to compare low-intensive and high-intensive physical exercise and its impact on physical function, pain and signs of inflammation.

Enrollment: 67 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women with Fibromyalgia, interested in exercise twice a week

Exclusion criteria

• Other severe diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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67 participants in 2 patient groups

A. High intensive exercise

Experimental group

Description:

High intensive exercise

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physical exercise

B. Low-intensive exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

Low-to-moderate intensive supervised walks

Treatment:

Behavioral: Active comparator: low intensive exercise