NCT00636623

Comparison of Exercise and Massage in Fibromyalgia

Comparison of Pilates Exercises and Connective Tissue Massage in Females With Fibromyalgia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Pamukkale University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 25 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The present study was designed to analyse and compare the effects of Pilates exercises and connective tissue massage in terms of pain intensity, pain pressure threshold and tolerance, anxiety, progress, and health related quality of life in females with fibromyalgia (FM)

Detailed description

Treatment of FM is difficult. Conventional treatments do not appear to be managing the problem effectively and this has led to other forms of treatment. The aim of treating FM is to decrease pain and increase function by means of a multimodal therapeutic strategy, which, in most cases, includes pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. In the literature on non-pharmacological treatment approaches for FM, different managements are described, such as exercise, electrotherapy, patient education, self-management programmes, massage techniques, cryotherapy, and acupuncture. There are a number of reasons why patients choose these complementary and alternative medicine approaches, including dissatisfaction with conventional treatments or concerns over the toxicity of drugs. However, there is no consensus about which treatment approach is the best.The current randomised controlled trial was undertaken as a first pilot study to assess and compare the effectiveness of Pilates exercises, an active-group therapy, and connective tissue massage, a passive-personalised therapy, in the management of FM in females.

Conditions

• Fibromyalgia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pilates exercises	15 FM patients participated in the PE programme three times a week during a 4-week period
OTHER	Connective tissue massage	21 patients received CTM, three times a week during a 4-week period

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-11-01
• Primary completion: 2007-07-01
• Completion: 2007-08-01
• First posted: 2008-03-14
• Last updated: 2008-03-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)