The aim of the study was to examine the effectiveness of clinical pilates exercises and connective tissue massage in individuals with Fibromyalgia (FM). 32 women were randomly divided into two groups as intervention (n=15, mean age=48.80±7.48) and control (n=17, mean age=55.64±7.87). While connective tissue massage and clinical pilates exercises were applied to the intervention group, control group were applied only clinical pilates exercises.According to our results, connective tissue massage increased the effectiveness of clinical pilates exercises in individuals with FM.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
32
Connective tissue massage was started from lumbosacral region and continued lower thoracic, scapular, interscapular, and cervical regions, respectively.
Exercises were applied 3 times for 6 weeks, a total of 18 sessions. One session consisted of 10 minutes of warm-up, 40 minutes of Clinical Pilates exercises and 10 minutes of cooling down (60 minutes in total).
Pamukkale University
Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey (Türkiye)
Pain Location Inventory
Time frame: 10 min
Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire
Time frame: 15 min
Health Assessment Questionnaire
Time frame: 10 min
Beck Anxiety Inventory
Time frame: 10 min
Short Form-36
Time frame: 10 min
Biopsychosocial Questionnaire
Time frame: 15 min
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