NCT02472093

A New Rehabilitation Tool in Fibromyalgia

A New Rehabilitation Tool in Fibromyalgia: Efficacy of Perceptive Rehabilitation Versus Group Exercises on Pain and Function: a Clinical Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 88 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Roma La Sapienza · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the investigators study was to measure reductions in chronic pain in female patients with Fibromylgia comparing individual proprioceptive rehabilitation treatments with perceptual surfaces to a group exercises rehabilitation. Fibromyalgia is a generalized chronic pain condition that is usually accompanied by fatigue, sleep disturbance and psychological and cognitive alterations.

Conditions

• Fibromyalgia
• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Physical exercises treatment	Includes different types of exercises: low-impact to moderate aerobic training; walking fast in a circle, alternating with periods of going up and down the stairs (3 steps for 10 minutes) for a total of 20 consecutive minutes; posture exercises for the back and proprioceptive exercises for the trunk in the supine position to improve axial stability, including diaphragmatic breathing. The heart rate was monitored through the use of a heart rate monitor, which allowed not to exceed the threshold.
OTHER	Perceptive Rehabilitation Treatment	therapeutic system that is based on the interaction between the patient's back or painful area and a support surface, composed of small latex cones with various dimensions (height: 3-8 cm; base diameter: 2-4 cm) and elasticities. The inferior bases of these cones are applied to a rigid wood surface using elastic strips.
OTHER	Control group	The control group did brief educational sessions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-05-01
• Primary completion: 2012-06-01
• Completion: 2013-05-01
• First posted: 2015-06-15
• Last updated: 2015-06-15