Although some systematic review s have not established an unequivocal benefit of physical training , most authors report a benefit for patients with chronic pain or fatigue .
OBJECTIVE To review the published information on physical training for fibromyalgia ( FM ) and related syndromes .
Maintenance of exercise in women with fibromyalgia.
OBJECTIVE To identify predictors of maintenance of exercise for women with fibromyalgia ( FM ) . METHODS Women with FM who had been r and omized to the exercise arm of a clinical trial were studied prospect ively during and 3 months following treatment . Subjects completed exercise logs weekly and returned the data via postal mail . Outcome variables were duration of aerobic and stretching exercises .  Two separate multivariate models for longitudinal data were built with adjustment for in-treatment adherence and time . Pretreatment characteristics ( self efficacy , pain , disability , stress , exercise barriers and benefits , and age ) and changes during treatment ( pain , disability , stress , and exercise barriers and benefits ) were considered potential predictors of exercise maintenance . RESULTS  Stretching  significantly decreased in the 3 months following treatment . High stress at baseline and increases in stress during treatment were associated with poor maintenance of stretching . Disability at baseline ( measured with the Fibromyalgia Impact Question naire ) , an increase in barriers to exercise during treatment , and increases in upper-body pain during treatment were associated with worse maintenance of aerobic exercise in the 3 months following treatment . CONCLUSION The maintenance of an exercise program in women with FM appears to be contingent on being able to deal with stress , pain , barriers to exercise , and disability
Although some systematic review s have not established an unequivocal benefit of physical training , most authors report a benefit for patients with chronic pain or fatigue .
OBJECTIVE To review the published information on physical training for fibromyalgia ( FM ) and related syndromes .