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Filter by: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 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%).
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
Fibromyalgia affects 2 to 5% of adults in the general population. Patients describe a combination of symptoms centred around fatigue not induced by exercise and not relieved by rest. The diagnosis of fibromyalgia is self-perpetuating by the deconditioning, consequence of a reduced muscle mass due to inactivity and periods of prolonged rest. Thus, it seems fundamental to develop other non-drug approaches: among them, adapted physical activity is recommended by most learned societies because of a good level of evidence (Level 1, Grade A). The question remains, however, whether simple advice to resume physical activity is sufficient (routine care with medical assessment at 3 months) or whether a physical activity supervised inside and outside the hospital is not more relevant.
This study is designed for patients with primary fibromyalgia (FM) pain. The overall aim of the study is to determine the effect of the high frequency Quell device to manage FM compared with a low frequency device. Investigators hypothesize that those assigned to using the high frequency Quell device will report reduced pain compared with those using the low frequency Quell device; with those using the high frequency device also showing more improvement in sleep, mood, and level of activity. Investigators also hypothesize that frequency of using the Quell (increased tolerability and adherence) will be correlated with greater reduction in pain.
The Percutaneous Microelectrolysis ® (MEP®) is a technique that employs a galvanic current up to 990 uA, which is applied percutaneously with an acupuncture needle connected to the cathode. Although it is used in tendinopathies, trigger points and muscle injuries, among other conditions, its bases are mostly empirical and there is lack of evidence. Ischemic compression is a manual therapy that is usually applied in muscle pain. Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS) usually presents painful myofascial trigger points (MTrPs). One methodology used to quantify the pain in MPS is the algometry, which measures the pressure pain threshold (PPT). The aim of this study was to compare the effects of MEP® with ischemic compression on MTrPs with algometry.
The aim of our study is to determine and compare the effects of perceptive rehabilitation against other mobilization techniques on the treatment of fibromyalgia symptoms and disability. Participants in this study will be randomly assigned to three separate groups using a random allocation software program, the three groups receiving either perceptive rehabilitation (PR-group), mobilization techniques (Mob-group), or neither (the control group, C-group).