There is ' gold ' level evidence ( www.cochranemsk.org ) that supervised aerobic exercise training has beneficial effects on physical capacity and FMS symptoms .
Strength training may also have benefits on some FMS symptoms .
BACKGROUND Fibromyalgia ( FMS ) is a syndrome expressed by chronic widespread body pain which leads to reduced physical function and frequent use of health care services .
Exercise training is commonly recommended as a treatment .
This is an up date of a review published in Issue 2 , 2002 .
OBJECTIVES The primary objective of this systematic review was to evaluate the effects of exercise training including cardiorespiratory ( aerobic ) , muscle strengthening , and /or flexibility exercise on global well-being , selected signs and symptoms , and physical function in individuals with FMS .
Validation study of WOMAC: a health status instrument for measuring clinically important patient relevant outcomes to antirheumatic drug therapy in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee.
Within the context of a double blind r and omized controlled parallel trial of 2 nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs , we vali date d WOMAC , a new multidimensional , self-administered health status instrument for patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee . The pain , stiffness and physical function subscales fulfil conventional criteria for face , content and construct validity , reliability , responsiveness and relative efficiency . WOMAC is a disease-specific purpose built high performance instrument for evaluative research in osteoarthritis clinical trials
There is ' gold ' level evidence ( www.cochranemsk.org ) that supervised aerobic exercise training has beneficial effects on physical capacity and FMS symptoms .
Strength training may also have benefits on some FMS symptoms .
BACKGROUND Fibromyalgia ( FMS ) is a syndrome expressed by chronic widespread body pain which leads to reduced physical function and frequent use of health care services .
Exercise training is commonly recommended as a treatment .
This is an up date of a review published in Issue 2 , 2002 .
OBJECTIVES The primary objective of this systematic review was to evaluate the effects of exercise training including cardiorespiratory ( aerobic ) , muscle strengthening , and /or flexibility exercise on global well-being , selected signs and symptoms , and physical function in individuals with FMS .