View clinical trials related to Fibromyalgia.
Filter by:The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a 3-month program consisted of the use of whole body vibration (WBV) in patients with fibromyalgia in order to determine whether this intervention would be effective to short and medium-term improvement of symptoms in these patients.
Kinesiophobia which is described as fear of movement reduces physical activity levels and increases the risk of chronic pain. We consider that kinesiophobia levels were higher in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome and chronic neck pain so that physical activity levels were lower in this patients groups. Because there are not enough studies, we aimed to evaluate kinesiophobia and physical activity levels in this patients.
The purpose of this study is to identify the acute effects of isometric exercise on the inhibition of pain in individuals with fibromyalgia.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence different types of exercise, pain mechanisms, and biopsychosocial contributions on how people with and without fibromyalgia report pain. Exercise will be performed with the arm at a submaximal intensity. Participants will undergo a variety of pain assessments, including clinical questionnaires and pain perception. This study will improve our understanding of how people with and without fibromyalgia respond to different resistance exercise types and whether physical activity and body composition has an influence on the response.
The purpose of this study is to see if heat therapy intervention via hot water immersion (i.e., a hot tub) is an effective treatment for patients with Fibromyalgia.
Twelve people with FM will be recruited from the FM patient support groups. The investigators will develop and test a 4-week prehabilitation educational programme (i.e., a behavioural change intervention) consisting of meeting once per week (each approximately 1 - 1.5 hours). These dynamic and interactive meetings will focus on education and skills training in: exercise, activity cycling, pacing, causes of symptoms in FM (pain, fatigue, sleep dysfunction) and their management. Participants will be taught to set specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timed goals (SMART principle) that are valuable or meaningful to them. To do so, the participants will identify a 'committed action' plan. The principles of cognitive behavioural therapy will be used to address maladaptive thoughts (e.g., catastrophizing and fear avoidance) and to manage stress (e.g., skills of relaxation). Participants will learn how to use of pedometers to monitor physical activity. After the 4-week prehabilitation educational programme, the participants will be encouraged to engage in a 6-week gentle self-paced walking programme (with weekly telephone support). The 6-week walking programme will consist of a simple pedometer-driven intervention. Furthermore, the research team will telephone each participant at a prearranged time each week to discuss progress, to document mean daily step count and to discuss a new physical activity target (step count) for the subsequent week. Participants will record daily step counts (pedometer-derived) in a walking dairy which will be used as raw data and mean steps per day calculated. Where a participant declines telephone support, an alternative weekly email or text/WhatsApp messages will be offered instead, where the same information will be given and requested. Before (baseline measurements) and right after the completion of the 4-week prehabilitation educational programme as well as the 6-week gentle self-paced walking programme the same measurements will be taken. By doing so, the investigators will evaluate short and mid-term changes promoted by the prehabilitation programme. The participants will fill out the following questionnaires: the Revised FM Impact Questionnaire, Pain Catastrophizing Scale, Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory, Short-Form 36-item Health Survey, International Physical Activity Questionnaire, Sedentary Behaviour Questionnaire, Exercise Self Efficacy Questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index questionnaire, and the modified 2011 preliminary FM criteria questionnaire. Right after the completion of the prehabiliation intervention, all the participants will fill out the treatment acceptability and credibility questionnaire. Right after the completion of the walking programme, participants will be interviewed (semistructured face-to-face exit interview lasting about 30-45 minutes) to explore their experiences of the study including barriers to participation. The main outcome of the study will be acceptability and credibility of the prehabilitation intervention (treatment acceptability and credibility questionnaire. Additionally, the success of the prehabilitation programme will be based on (i) number of sessions attended (>80%), (ii) number of drop outs (<15%) and reasons for early withdrawal, (iii) number of screening questionnaires completed and returned (>80%).
The primary objective of this study is to measure the concentration and the regional brain distribution of activated brain microglia/macrophages using the PET radiopharmaceutical [F-18]DPA-714 in individuals with chronic pain and fatigue suspected to be associated with neuroinflammation. The PET tracer [F-18]DPA-714 binds to the 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO, also known as the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor) in the mitochondria of activated microglia/macrophages and provides a non-invasive measure of neuroinflammation. The primary objective of this study is to determine if pain and fatigue patients have higher levels of neuroinflammation than HC individuals as measured with [F-18]DPA-714-PET/MRI.
This study aims to investigate trunk position sense, postural stability and spine posture in fibromyalgia patients and healthy women.
This study will be conducted in the Department of physical therapy, College of Applied Medical Sciences,Jazan University, to investigate text neck syndrome and hand grip force in smart phone addiction among students of jazan university
Insomnia affects 67-88% of chronic pain patients. SPIN II is a randomized controlled clinical trial that will compare the effects of two cognitive behavioral sleep treatments in women with fibromyalgia and insomnia. This trial will yield important information about the roles of sleep, arousal, and brain structure and function in the development and maintenance of chronic pain in women with fibromyalgia.