Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is a chronic rheumatic disease characterized by a wide range of symptoms such as widespread muscle pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, anxiety-depression, impaired balance, falling risk, poor physical condition, cognitive dysfunction, and irritable bowel syndrome. The aim of the study; It is a comparison of the effectiveness of aerobic exercises and postural stabilization exercises that are structured to reduce the pain severity, fatigue, sleep problems and anxiety-depression levels of patients who are being followed up with a diagnosis of FMS, and to increase the duration of physical activity and quality of life.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Structured aerobic exercises (Each session will consist of 50 minutes and will be divided into three parts: 5 minutes of warm-up exercises, 40 minutes of aerobic exercises, 5 minutes of cool down exercises) will be taught in the first session.
Structured postural stabilization exercises (strengthening exercises, balance-coordination exercises, flexibility exercises) will be taught in the first session.
Mustafa Yilmaz
Istanbul, Büyükçekmece, Turkey (Türkiye)
Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ)
This scale; It measures 10 different characteristics: physical function, feeling unwell, not going to work, difficulty at work, pain, fatigue, morning fatigue, stiffness, anxiety and depression. Except for the sense of well-being, lower scores indicate improvement or less affected by the disease. FIQ is filled by the patient. The maximum possible score for each subtitle is 10. Thus, the total maximum score is 100. While the average FM patient gets 50 points, more severely affected FM patients usually score above 70.
Time frame: change from baseline at 8 weeks
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
VAS; It is a scale that provides a one-dimensional measurement of pain intensity in different adult populations. It usually consists of a 10 cm long horizontal (HVAS) or vertical (VVAS) line. In measuring the severity of pain; A score of 0 is defined as no pain, a score of 10 as worst pain possible or worst imaginable pain. Although the period of time when pain is questioned varies, the most common time for the patient's pain is the current pain or the pain experienced in the last 24 hours.
Time frame: change from baseline at 8 weeks
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