Effects of Swimming in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia

NCT ID: NCT01547195

Last Updated: 2012-03-30

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

75 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-01-31

Study Completion Date

2012-12-31

Brief Summary

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The recent scientific evidence shows that FM patients improve exercise capacity, symptoms and quality of life with the holding of regular exercise, especially aerobic exercise. Swimming is an aerobic workout of low impact, but no study has evaluated the effect of this activity in patients with fibromyalgia.

Randomized controlled trial with blinded evaluator, which will be evaluated patients with fibromyalgia were divided into two groups.

The intervention group will hold an exercise program of swimming (freestyle) and the other considered the control group held a walking program.

Detailed Description

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Fibromyalgia (FM) is a syndrome characterized by diffuse musculoskeletal pain and chronic, with points called "hot spots", specific, sensitive and painful on palpation. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of swimming in reducing the generally pain and improve the quality of function, of life and exercise capacity in patients with fibromyalgia. Material and Methods: 82 patients will be screened, diagnosed with fibromyalgia, who can swim the front crawl. Will be selected at UNIFESP outpatient clinics and also through advertisement in a newspaper. One group held the swimming training and the other group (control) will walk training. The Participants perform exercises (swimming or running) three times a week for 50 minutes, for 12 weeks. The exercises will be held at the anaerobic threshold determined by cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Measuring instrument: Questionnaires VAS (visual analogue scale) for pain, FIQ (Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire) to assess the quality of life related to disease, and also the SF-36 (short form health survey), which assesses quality of life in general. Cardiopulmonary stress test to assess cardiorespiratory fitness to sit and stand up and test to assess functional capacity. All participants will conduct an initial evaluation, after 6 and 13 weeks of training.

Conditions

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Fibromyalgia

Keywords

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fibromyalgia swimming

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Group-swimming

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

swim training

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Swimming training will be conducted with the implementation of the freestyle. The training will be held a week with 3 X 50 minutes for a period of 12 weeks.

Patients will be monitored by a frequency waterproof. When at the beginning of training are carried out five minutes of heating, followed by 40minutos swimming 5 minutes and cooling at the end of training.

Control-walk

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Training walk

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

The control group will perform walking exercise outdoors, monitored by a frequency, with the heart rate at anaerobic threshold assessed by cardiopulmonary exercise test.

The training of walking will last 50 minutes, three times per week for 12 weeks.

At the beginning of training, there will be a heating time of 5 minutes, followed by LA walk in cooling for 40 minutes and 5 minutes.

Interventions

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swim training

Swimming training will be conducted with the implementation of the freestyle. The training will be held a week with 3 X 50 minutes for a period of 12 weeks.

Patients will be monitored by a frequency waterproof. When at the beginning of training are carried out five minutes of heating, followed by 40minutos swimming 5 minutes and cooling at the end of training.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Training walk

The control group will perform walking exercise outdoors, monitored by a frequency, with the heart rate at anaerobic threshold assessed by cardiopulmonary exercise test.

The training of walking will last 50 minutes, three times per week for 12 weeks.

At the beginning of training, there will be a heating time of 5 minutes, followed by LA walk in cooling for 40 minutes and 5 minutes.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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Swimming. Freestyle. Walk.

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Female patients with fibromyalgia according to the classification criteria of the American College of Rheumatology;
* Patients with degree of pain between 4 and 8 cm by VAS-visual analog scale;
* Patients who can swim the freestyle "(crawl)"; Patients with stable-medication for at least three months;
* All patients will have signing the consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with uncontrolled cardiac disease and / or unable to perform aerobic exercises;
* Patients with severe psychiatric disorders;
* Patients with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus;
* Patients who practice regular physical exercise for at least 3 months;
* Patients with skin diseases that contraindicate the use of swimming pool;
* Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Federal University of São Paulo

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Giovana Fernandes

EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF SWIMMING IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH FIBROMYALGIA

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Giovana Fernandes, Mestranda

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Locations

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Ambulatory at UNIFESP

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Site Status RECRUITING

Universidade Federal de São Paulo

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Brazil

Central Contacts

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Giovana Fernandes, Mestranda

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +55 11 25943375

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Giovana Fernandes, Master

Role: primary

Jamil Natour, Professor

Role: primary

Giovana Fernandes, Mestranda

Role: backup

References

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Fernandes G, Jennings F, Nery Cabral MV, Pirozzi Buosi AL, Natour J. Swimming Improves Pain and Functional Capacity of Patients With Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2016 Aug;97(8):1269-75. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.01.026. Epub 2016 Feb 20.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26903145 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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0360/10

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id