Connective Tissue Massage With Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Is Connective Tissue Massage Effective In Individuals With Fibromyalgia?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05063188
• Other study ID #: Connective Tissue Massage
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 10, 2019
• Est. completion date: October 15, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: Pamukkale University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 32
• Est. completion date: October 15, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: September 20, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 20 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

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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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fibromyalgia
• Myofascial Pain Syndromes

Intervention

Other:
• Connective Tissue Massage
Connective tissue massage was started from lumbosacral region and continued lower thoracic, scapular, interscapular, and cervical regions, respectively.
• clinical pilates exercises
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).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Pamukkale University	Pamukkale	Denizli

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Pamukkale University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain Location Inventory		10 min
Primary	Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire		15 min
Primary	Health Assessment Questionnaire		10 min
Primary	Beck Anxiety Inventory		10 min
Primary	Short Form-36		10 min
Primary	Biopsychosocial Questionnaire		15 min