NCT03971890

Effectiveness of Dance Therapy in Fibromyalgia.

Effectiveness of a Exercise Program Based on Dance Therapy in Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Granada · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of an intervention with dance on balance,movility, pain and sleep in patients with Fibromyalgia in comparison to a control group that will have an educational intervention.

Detailed description

Fibromyalgia is a chronic disease consisting of widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and cognitive impairments, among other symptoms, which affect daily physical activity. The regular physical exercise improves the functional, physiological, and behavioral components of physical fitness. Dance therapy seems to increase motivation and adherence to therapy, and can provide a real alternative to conventional exercise The experimental group will receive a dance program treatment . The control group will receive an educational intervention.

Conditions

• Fibromyalgia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Dance therapy	The experimental group will receive a dance treatment.This protocol will be administered at weekly sessions of 60 minutes with a period of 2 times / week with a total of 16 sessions, distributed over a 8-week period. They will be evaluated at baseline, after the end of the last treatment session.
OTHER	Educational group	The control group will receive an educational intervention. They will be evaluated at baseline, after the end of the last treatment session.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-04-22
• Primary completion: 2019-08-21
• Completion: 2019-09-21
• First posted: 2019-06-03
• Last updated: 2019-10-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain