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NCT Number: NCT05063188

Connective Tissue Massage With Fibromyalgia

The aim of the study was to examine the effectiveness of clinical pilates exercises and connective tissue massage in individuals with Fibromyalgia (FM). 32 women were randomly divided into two groups as intervention (n=15, mean age=48.80±7.48) and control (n=17, mean age=55.64±7.87). While connective tissue massage and clinical pilates exercises were applied to the intervention group, control group were applied only clinical pilates exercises.According to our results, connective tissue massage increased the effectiveness of clinical pilates exercises in individuals with FM.

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Key information

Conditions

Fibromyalgia Muscular Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Nervous System Diseases Neuromuscular Diseases Rheumatic Diseases

Age range

20 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Pamukkale University

Pamukkale, Denizli, 20070, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

(a) having FM diagnosis according to American College of Rheumatology 2016 criteria, (b) being a women, (c) aged 20-65. (d) being stable in drug use for at least 6 months or more. (e) being volunteer to participate in this study.

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Exclusion criteria

(a) have been exercising regularly for the past three months, (b) the presence of uncontrolled cardiopulmonary disease, (c) the presence of orthopedic, neurological or mental problems that may prevent exercise, (d) having undergone any surgery in the last six months for both groups, (e) pregnancy, (f) presence of malignancy, (g) not being able to participate in at least 75% of the training.

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Treatment and study plan

Connective Tissue Massage

Other

Connective tissue massage was started from lumbosacral region and continued lower thoracic, scapular, interscapular, and cervical regions, respectively.

Clinical Pilates Exercises

Other

Exercises were applied 3 times for 6 weeks, a total of 18 sessions. One session consisted of 10 minutes of warm-up, 40 minutes of Clinical Pilates exercises and 10 minutes of cooling down (60 minutes in total).

Primary outcomes

  1. Pain Location Inventory

    Time frame: 10 min

  2. Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire

    Time frame: 15 min

  3. Health Assessment Questionnaire

    Time frame: 10 min

  4. Beck Anxiety Inventory

    Time frame: 10 min

  5. Short Form-36

    Time frame: 10 min

  6. Biopsychosocial Questionnaire

    Time frame: 15 min

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Pamukkale University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Is Connective Tissue Massage Effective In Individuals With Fibromyalgia?

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Sep 30, 2021
Registry last updated
Sep 30, 2021

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