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Effects of Swimming in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia

NCT01547195 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 75

Last updated 2012-03-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The recent scientific evidence shows that FM patients improve exercise capacity, symptoms and quality of life with the holding of regular exercise, especially aerobic exercise. Swimming is an aerobic workout of low impact, but no study has evaluated the effect of this activity in patients with fibromyalgia.

Randomized controlled trial with blinded evaluator, which will be evaluated patients with fibromyalgia were divided into two groups.

The intervention group will hold an exercise program of swimming (freestyle) and the other considered the control group held a walking program.

Conditions

  • Fibromyalgia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

swim training

Swimming training will be conducted with the implementation of the freestyle. The training will be held a week with 3 X 50 minutes for a period of 12 weeks. Patients will be monitored by a frequency waterproof. When at the beginning of training are carried out five minutes of heating, followed by 40minutos swimming 5 minutes and cooling at the end of training.

PROCEDURE

Training walk

The control group will perform walking exercise outdoors, monitored by a frequency, with the heart rate at anaerobic threshold assessed by cardiopulmonary exercise test. The training of walking will last 50 minutes, three times per week for 12 weeks. At the beginning of training, there will be a heating time of 5 minutes, followed by LA walk in cooling for 40 minutes and 5 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of São Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Giovana Fernandes, Mestranda · Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-01-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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