Status:
COMPLETED
Myofascial Release of Physiological Chains and Muscle Stretching in Patients With Fibromyalgia
Lead Sponsor:
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Conditions:
Fibromyalgia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-59 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Muscle stretching is a therapeutic technique commonly used by physiotherapists, but for the treatment of fibromyalgia it still has weak evidence to support its real effect. On the other hand, myofasci...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Confirmation of the diagnosis by rheumatologists according to the diagnostic criteria established by the American College of Rheumatology of 1990 and 2010.
- Moderate to severe pain according to the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (≥ 4).
- Prescribed treatment (drug and/or psychological) stable in the last month before the selection for those who perform.
- Patients who live in the metropolitan area of Recife - Pernambuco, Brazil.
Exclusion
- Nonpharmacologic therapies, except for psychological treatment if prescribed by the doctor at the same time of the study.
- Skin diseases.
- Patients classified as "very active" by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire.
- Women who use intrauterine devices (IUD).
- Pregnant women.
- Patients with other associated rheumatic disease or with modified posture due to congenital anatomic alteration.
- Severe decompensated comorbidities (cancer, thyroid disease and diabetes).
- Infection, fever, hypotension, respiratory alterations limiting treatment.
- Cardiovascular event in the previous year.
- Presence of cardiac, renal or hepatic insufficiency.
- Arterial or peripheral venous insufficiency.
- Presence of a hypertrophic scar on the trunk.
- Obesity grade 3.
- Illiteracy.
- Severe psychiatric illness.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 23 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 19 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
38 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03408496
Start Date
January 23 2018
End Date
March 19 2019
Last Update
March 21 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 50740-560