A significant effect on depressive symptoms was not found .
The improvements for pain could be maintained at follow-up with smaller effects .
Introduction In the present systematic review and meta- analysis , we assessed the effectiveness of different forms of balneotherapy ( BT ) and hydrotherapy ( HT ) in the management of fibromyalgia syndrome ( FMS ) .
A warm water pool-based exercise program decreases immediate pain in female fibromyalgia patients: uncontrolled clinical trial.
Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic and extended musculoskeletal pain . The combination of exercise therapy with the warm water may be an appropriate treatment . However , studies focusing on the analysis of immediate pain during and after an exercise session are rare . This study aim ed to determine the immediate changes of a warm water pool-based exercise program ( 12 weeks ) on pain ( before vs. after session ) in female fibromyalgia patients . 33 Spanish women with fibromyalgia were selected to participate in a 12 weeks ( 2 sessions/week ) low-moderate intensity warm water pool-based program . We assessed pain by means of a Visual Analogue Scale before and after each single session ( i. e. , 24 sessions ) . We observed immediate benefits on pain with a mean decrease ~15 % in all sessions , except in the fourth one . There was an association of pain difference ( pre-post ) session with pain pre session ( p=0.005 ; β=0.097±0.034 ) and with age ( p<0.001 ; β=0.032±0.008 ) . There were no significant accumulative differences on pain , pre session , post session , and pre-post changes ( all p>0.05 ) . Therefore this study showed that a warm water pool-based exercise program for 12 weeks ( 2 times/week ) led to a positive immediate decrease in level of pain in female patients with fibromyalgia . Improvements were higher in older women and in those with more intense pain
A significant effect on depressive symptoms was not found .
The improvements for pain could be maintained at follow-up with smaller effects .
Introduction In the present systematic review and meta- analysis , we assessed the effectiveness of different forms of balneotherapy ( BT ) and hydrotherapy ( HT ) in the management of fibromyalgia syndrome ( FMS ) .