Progressive Resistance Training for Fibromyalgia

Federal University of São Paulo

Status

Completed

Conditions

Fibromyalgia

Treatments

Other: Educational Program

Other: Progressive resistance training program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03588208

CEP UNIFESP 482056

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients in the experimental group underwent a progressive resistance training program, performed twice a week for 12 weeks. The charge intensity was progressively increased from 40% to 80% of 1 repetition maximum. The following muscle groups were worked: trunk flexors and extensors, elbow flexors and extensors, knee flexors and extensors, hip abductors and adductors and shoulder abductors. In addition to strength training, the experimental group also conducted a structured education program in one hour class once a week for five weeks. Patients in the control group performed the same education program.

Enrollment

60 patients

Sex

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Diagnosis of fibromyalgia according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology;
Feminine gender;
Age between 18 and 65 years;
Pain between 3 and 8 cm in the Numerical Pain Scale (END);
Have not changed treatment for fibromyalgia in the past three months;
Agree to participate in the study and sign the informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Cognitive deficit that does not allow the understanding of the evaluation instruments;
Other diseases that make it impossible to perform the exercises;
Physical activity started or changed in the last three months;
Physical therapy in the last six months;
In litigation.