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Effectiveness of Exercise and Patient-centred Education on Fibromyalgia

NCT04220567 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2020-03-10

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Summary

This study aims to compare the effects of an eight-week exercise and patient-centred education programme with eight-week exercise alone programme on disability, pain intensity, health-related quality of life and patient global impression of change.

A prospective, parallel, double-blinded and multi-centre randomised controlled trial will be carried out.

Conditions

  • Fibromyalgia

Interventions

OTHER

Experimental: Exercise and Patient-centred education

An eight-week programme based on 24 sessions of exercise supervised by a physiotherapist. Exercise will be carried out three times a week. Once a week the exercise session is performed autonomously by patient at home (according to the physiotherapist's recommendations). Patient-centred Education will follow the principles of transformative learning \& incorporate patients' narratives. It will precede 9 of the 24 exercise sessions and be delivered by the same physiotherapist

OTHER

Active Comparator: Exercise

An eight-week programme based on 24 sessions of exercise supervised by a physiotherapist. Exercise will be carried out three times a week. Once a week the exercise session is performed autonomously by patient at home (according to the physiotherapist's recommendations).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade Letras

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal E.P.E.

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Myos - Associação Nacional Contra a Fibromialgia e Síndrome de Fadiga Crónica

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal. Escola Superior de Saúde.

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-07
Primary Completion
2020-10-31
Completion
2020-10-31

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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