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T1 Health education home-based program in females with fibromyalgia: A pilot study
A1 Pérez, C. Ayán
A1 Álvarez Álvarez, María José
A1 Alonso-Cortés Fradejas, Beatriz
A1 Barrientos, M.J.
A1 Valencia Prieto, Marta
A1 Martín Sánchez, Vicente
A2 Fisioterapia
K1 Fisioterapia
K1 Fibromyalgia
K1 Adherence
K1 Education
K1 Pain
K1 Rehabilitation
K1 3213.11 Fisioterapia
AB [EN] The objective of this study was to assess the long- and short-term effects of a multimodal program, specifically designedvto be carried out by fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients themselves, after a 12-week period of learning. Thirty female FMS patients volunteered for the study. The learning phase consisted on twelve weekly sessions of an hour, combining muscular resistance and flexibility exercises with techniques of breathing and relaxing, plus a half-hour incentive physiotherapy session. Flexibility, illness impact and pain were assessed at the beginning of the study, at the end of the learning phase and six months afterwards (follow-up). Twenty-one patients completed the program. At the end of the learning phase, the improvement in the patient’s physical condition was significant, as was the impact of the illness. Thirty-three percent of the patients continued training during the follow-up period and kept up the improvements achieved. The self-controlled multimodal programme was efficient in improving flexibility and reducing the impact of the illness in women fibromyalgia patients. However, adherence was poor when patients had to exercise on their own.
PB IOS Press
SN 1053-8127
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18124
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18124
NO Ayan, C., Álvarez, M. J., Alonso-Cortés, B., Barrientos, M. J., Valencia, M., & Martín, V. (2009). Health education home-based program in females with fibromyalgia: A pilot study. Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation, 22(2), 99–105. https://doi.org/10.3233/bmr-2009-0222.
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RD 12-may-2024