NCT05646641

Strength Training in Fibromyalgia on Balance, Neuromuscular Performance and Symptoms

Does Strength Training in Fibromyalgia Affect Balance, Neuromuscular Performance and Symptoms? A 12 Week of a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 57 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Beira Interior · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is verify the effects of a 8 weeks strength training, on balance, neuromuscular performance and symptomatology of fibromyalgia.

Detailed description

Thirty participants will be recruited. Volunteers will be randomly assigned to the control group or experimental group. Before the training period, symptoms, balance and neuromuscular performance will be assessed. Participants in the experimental group will perform strength training twice a week (50 min each) for eight weeks. Then, four weeks of detraining will be completed.

Conditions

• Fibromyalgia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Strength exercise	The protocol consists of 8 weeks of training, consisting of 16 sessions of 50 minutes, twice a week on alternate days.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-10-05
• Primary completion: 2025-08-07
• Completion: 2025-08-07
• First posted: 2022-12-12
• Last updated: 2025-12-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil