There were no statistically significant differences in attrition rates between the interventions .
In general , adverse effects were poorly recorded , but no serious adverse effects were reported .
The evidence ( rated as low quality ) suggested that moderate- and moderate- to high-intensity resistance training improves multidimensional function , pain , tenderness , and muscle strength in women with fibromyalgia .
The evidence ( rated as low quality ) also suggested that eight weeks of aerobic exercise was superior to moderate-intensity resistance training for improving pain in women with fibromyalgia .
There was low- quality evidence that 12 weeks of low-intensity resistance training was superior to flexibility exercise training in women with fibromyalgia for improvements in pain and multidimensional function .
There was low- quality evidence that women with fibromyalgia can safely perform moderate- to high-resistance training
BACKGROUND Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic widespread pain that leads to reduced physical function .
Exercise training is commonly recommended as a treatment for management of symptoms .
We examined the literature on resistance training for individuals with fibromyalgia .
Resistance training is exercise performed against a progressive resistance with the intention of improving muscle strength , muscle endurance , muscle power , or a combination of these .
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the benefits and harms of resistance exercise training in adults with fibromyalgia .
We compared resistance training versus control and versus other types of exercise training .
A controlled study of the effects of a supervised cardiovascular fitness training program on the manifestations of primary fibromyalgia.
Forty-two patients with primary fibromyalgia were r and omized into a 20-week program consisting of either cardiovascular fitness ( CVR ) training or simple flexibility exercises ( FLEX ) that did not lead to enhanced cardiovascular fitness . Patients were supervised by the same medical fitness instructors . Patients in neither group had contact with members of the other group , and were blinded as to the exercise taught to the alternative group . Groups met for 60 minutes 3 times each week . The compliance rate was 90 % . Thirty-eight patients completed the study ( 18 with CVR training and 20 with FLEX ) . Blind assessment s ( st and ardized in preliminary trials to achieve acceptable inter-rater agreement ) were performed by the same 2 examiners . After 20 weeks , patients receiving CVR training showed significantly improved cardiovascular fitness scores compared with those receiving FLEX training ( t[35 ] = -4.22 , P less than 0.003 ) . Logistic regression analysis showed clinical ly and statistically significant improvements in pain threshold scores , which were measured directly over fibrositic tender points , in patients undergoing CVR ( t[35 ] = 2.21 , P less than 0.04 ) . There was also a trend toward improvement in pain scores ( visual analog scale ) in the CVR group , but this did not reach statistical significance . There was no improvement in the percentage of body area affected by fibrositic symptoms or the number of nights per week or hours per night of disturbed sleep ( self-report inventories ) . However , compared with the FLEX group , the CVR-trained patients improved significantly in both patient and physician global assessment scores . ( ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS
There were no statistically significant differences in attrition rates between the interventions .
In general , adverse effects were poorly recorded , but no serious adverse effects were reported .
The evidence ( rated as low quality ) suggested that moderate- and moderate- to high-intensity resistance training improves multidimensional function , pain , tenderness , and muscle strength in women with fibromyalgia .
The evidence ( rated as low quality ) also suggested that eight weeks of aerobic exercise was superior to moderate-intensity resistance training for improving pain in women with fibromyalgia .
There was low- quality evidence that 12 weeks of low-intensity resistance training was superior to flexibility exercise training in women with fibromyalgia for improvements in pain and multidimensional function .
There was low- quality evidence that women with fibromyalgia can safely perform moderate- to high-resistance training
BACKGROUND Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic widespread pain that leads to reduced physical function .
Exercise training is commonly recommended as a treatment for management of symptoms .
We examined the literature on resistance training for individuals with fibromyalgia .
Resistance training is exercise performed against a progressive resistance with the intention of improving muscle strength , muscle endurance , muscle power , or a combination of these .
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the benefits and harms of resistance exercise training in adults with fibromyalgia .
We compared resistance training versus control and versus other types of exercise training .