NCT06415565

Investigation of the Effectiveness of Thoracic Mobilization Exercise in Fibromyalgia Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Uskudar University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of mobilization exercises applied to the thoracic region on pain, anxiety, depression, disease impact questionnaire, sympathetic and parasympathetic activity in patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia.

Detailed description

The patients included in the study were randomly divided into two as Thoracic Mobilization Group and Control Group and will be included in the treatment programs after the initial evaluations. Patients in both groups will receive a treatment of 11 sessions in total, 5 sessions per week. Participants will be evaluated twice before and after treatment with the Fibromyalgia impact questionnaire, Beck anxiety and Beck depression questionnaires. In addition, the E-motion Faros device will be used to measure heart rate variability. Measurements of heart rate variables will be made before and after the first day of treatment, before and after the 11th session, and on the 45th day.

Conditions

• Fibromyalgia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	conventional physiotherapy	Methods applied as conventional physiotherapy methods are: hotpack, Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and ultrasound.
OTHER	thoracic mobilization methods	Methods applied as conventional physiotherapy methods: hotpack, Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and ultrasound applications will be applied. Also within the scope of thoracic mobilization: thoracic region extension stretching in the kneeling position, thoracic flexion in the crawling position, halo exercise, thoracic rotation exercises in the crawling position, thoracic rotation in the side lying position. , quadruped extension and rotation exercises will be applied. Patients will be informed that these exercises can also be done as home exercises and they will be asked to practice for 8 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-15
• Primary completion: 2024-07-19
• Completion: 2024-07-19
• First posted: 2024-05-16
• Last updated: 2024-07-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)