Set of real acupuncture treatment and supervised aerobic exercise have better efficacy in pediatric patients with fibromyalgia versus treatment with sham acupuncture and supervised aerobic exercise, as well as treatment versus combination with aerobic exercise and resistance exercise the major muscle groups, both supervised versus group control, who just get guidance for physical activity.
Fibromyalgia syndrome is a chronic musculoskeletal pain of unknown etiology. It is characterized by diffuse musculoskeletal pain or painful specific sites, usually accompanied by sleep disorders, fatigue, morning stiffness, chronic headaches, mental disorders and functional bowel. The diagnosis is essentially clinical, with no abnormal laboratory and radiological features Physical exercises are part of the treatment of fibromyalgia, but does not report studies in children. In general children with fibromyalgia are encouraged to a multidisciplinary treatment including medication, family education and child graduated aerobic exercise, psychotherapy, interventions to reduce pain, stress and improve sleep quality. To date no studies in medical literature with the use of acupuncture and supervised physical activity in juvenile fibromyalgia. The significant sample of this disease, our recent publications in this research and the lack of systematic study of physical activity and acupuncture have stimulated this research. Assess pain reduction and improvement in quality of life in children and adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
exercise training comprises aerobic and strength training
acupuncture involves two sessions per week, during 14 weeks.
Set of real acupuncture treatment and supervised aerobic exercise have better efficacy in pediatric patients with fibromyalgia versus treatment with sham acupuncture and supervised aerobic exercise, as well as treatment versus combination with aerobic exercise and resistance exercise the major muscle groups, both supervised versus group control, we just get guidance for physical activity.
Magda Maria Maia
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
University of Sao Paulo
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
pain
Clinical evaluation of pain is made by a general questionnaire for pain and overall evaluation of the patient / family and professional by the Visual Analogue Scale. There will be pain as described in 18 points for fibromyalgia, using as instrument the pressure algiômetro Fischer, settling myalgic index.
Time frame: 14 weeks
quality of life
Functional assessment of quality of life will be made by the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) of pediatric Peds QL questionnaire that will be answered by the patients and their parents in age groups: 9-12 years and 13-18 years.
Time frame: 14 weeks
strength
will be assessed by means of 1-RM test
Time frame: 14 weeks
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