Effect of Low-impact Aerobic Exercise and Music Therapy in Fibromyalgia
Condition: Fibromyalgia
MeSH terms: Fibromyalgia; Myofascial Pain Syndromes
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The idea of this study is the combination of these two techniques (low-impact aerobic
      exercise through functional movements and music therapy) that have proven to be effective
      separately. The main objective of this study is to test this combination to reduce widespread
      pain in fibromyalgia patients, improve their balance, influence on decreasing levels of
      depression and improve quality of life.
    

Detailed description: 
      Material and methods Patients The sample includes volunteer subjects diagnosed with
      fibromyalgia from the Valencian Association of People Affected by Fibromyalgia that were
      submitted to participate in the study.

      Study design It is a quasi-experimental, longitudinal, prospective, controlled, randomized,
      single-blinded research. The sample was divided into 3 groups. Patients signed informed
      consent and then the randomization of subjects to the different study groups was done through
      computer software by an external assistant who was blinded to the study objectives. The study
      was conducted in morning and afternoon sessions.

      All those patients who belong to the experimental group 1 or 2 attend their sessions which
      last 60 minutes and are held 2 times a week every other day. The experimental group 1 attends
      classes in the morning, while the experimental group 2 attends them in the evenings. The
      control group only comes to the evaluation sessions without doing any particular activity.
      The subjects are evaluated in two stages, at baseline and after completion of the study.

      Intervention Group 1 (G1): Low-impact aerobic exercise combined with music therapy.
      Intervention consists in working the muscles which are mostly affected by fibromyalgia
      through group exercises, which are dynamic, smooth and aim functionality.

      Group 2 (G2): Low-impact aerobic exercise. Then intervention is like the previous group but
      with the difference that physical activity is not performed to the rhythm of chosen melodic
      music. Therefore, exercises are done with general chill-out music throughout the session,
      without adaptation of the exercise to the music.

      Control group (CG): With this group no intervention is done, but they are assessed like the
      other groups.

      Evaluation:

      Depression, by Beck Depression Inventory, General discomfort, using the Faces Pain Scale,
      Balance, evaluated by the Berg Scale.
    

Intervention name(s): Low-impact aerobic exercise combined with music therapy; Low-impact aerobic exercise; Control group
Intervention type(s): Other; Other; Other
Intervention description(s): Intervention consists in working the muscles which are mostly affected by fibromyalgia through group exercises, which are dynamic, smooth and aim functionality. Each session consists of 60 minutes with 3 parts: initial warming up time, main part through games, group dynamics and pure aerobic workout, and final cool down with stretching. This exercise is done to the rhythm of melodic music, adapted to the tastes of the participants and also adapted on the way to perform the exercise. For this, they were shown a list of 100 music compositions from which participants choose a minimum of 20 preferences. All exercises are performed with proper postural control both dissociated and global and within a framework of therapeutic proprioceptive gymnastics.; Low-impact aerobic exercise. Then intervention is like the previous group but with the difference that physical activity is not performed to the rhythm of chosen melodic music. Therefore, exercises are done with general chill-out music throughout the session, without adaptation of the exercise to the music.; With this group no intervention is done, but they are assessed like the other groups.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary purpose: Treatment
Keywords: Fibromyalgia