Pain was significantly reduced post treatment by l and -based and water-based AE , exercises with slight to moderate intensity and frequency of two or three times per week .
Positive effects on depressed mood , HRQOL and physical fitness could be maintained at follow-up .
Continuing exercise was associated with positive outcomes at follow-up .
Introduction The efficacy and the optimal type and volume of aerobic exercise ( AE ) in fibromyalgia syndrome ( FMS ) are not established .
We therefore assessed the efficacy of different types and volumes of AE in FMS .
An observer-blinded comparison of supervised and unsupervised aerobic exercise regimens in fibromyalgia.
OBJECTIVE To compare a supervised 12-week aerobic exercise class with unsupervised home aerobic exercises in the treatment of patients with fibromyalgia . METHODS This was a 48-week r and omized single ( observer ) blind study in a teaching hospital rheumatology and physiotherapy department . The subjects were 74 patients who fulfilled the American College of Rheumatology criteria for fibromyalgia . Results and conclusions . A 12-week exercise class programme with home exercises demonstrated no benefit over a single physiotherapy session with home exercises in the treatment of pain in patients with fibromyalgia . Neither group ( nor the groups combined ) showed an improvement in pain compared with baseline . There was some significant benefit in psychological well-being in the exercise class group and perhaps a slowing of functional deterioration in this group
Pain was significantly reduced post treatment by l and -based and water-based AE , exercises with slight to moderate intensity and frequency of two or three times per week .
Positive effects on depressed mood , HRQOL and physical fitness could be maintained at follow-up .
Continuing exercise was associated with positive outcomes at follow-up .
Introduction The efficacy and the optimal type and volume of aerobic exercise ( AE ) in fibromyalgia syndrome ( FMS ) are not established .
We therefore assessed the efficacy of different types and volumes of AE in FMS .