NCT05559021

What Concept of Manual Therapy is More Effective?

What Concept of Manual Therapy is More Effective to Improved Health Status in Women With Fibromyalgia Syndrome?: An Experimental Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Europea de Madrid · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 62 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the study will be to find out which manual therapy approach is most effective for the improvement of symptoms (sensory, cognitive, emotional and social) in people with Fibromyalgia.

Detailed description

A randomized clinical trial will be conducted in 52 patients with Fibromyalgia who will undergo a myofascial treatment approach or a passive mobilization treatment approach. Data will be collected on the improvement of symptom severity, quality of life, self-efficacy, kinesiophobia, catastrophizing, central sensitization, anxiety, depression, and sleep. After the treatments, follow-ups will be made, and the results are expected to be disseminated to the scientific community during and after the end of the study.

Conditions

• Quality of Life
• Self Efficacy
• Kinesiophobia
• Catastrophizing
• Central Sensitisation
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Sleep

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Myofascial Therapy Treatments	• Myofascial approach: After the bibliographic review of myofascial therapy treatments in fibromyalgia patients based on the articles by CastroSánchez AM et al., and an expert consensus, the following approach was decided: patients would have 4 sessions in total with 1 session per week of 30 minutes each. * Transverse planes in the thoracolumbar fascia (TCL) and abdomen: Performing a myofascial induction as described by Pilat. * Transverse planes at C7-D3 and sternum: Performing a myofascial induction as described by Pilat. * Suboccipital inhibition: Performing a myofascial induction as described by Pilat
OTHER	Passive Mobilizations Approach	• Approach with passive mobilizations: After the literature review of manual therapy treatments in fibromyalgia patients and a consensus of experts in Manual Therapy with more than 15 years of experience, the following approach was agreed upon by the expert: patients would have 4 sessions in total with 1 session per week of 30 minutes each. * Postero-anterior cervical sliding * Postero-anterior lumbar slippage * Postero anterior dorsal slippage

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-10-20
• Primary completion: 2023-09-15
• Completion: 2023-12-15
• First posted: 2022-09-29
• Last updated: 2024-03-13

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Spain