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Exercise, Acupuncture and Fibromyalgia

Acupuncture and Physical Activity in Patients With Fibromyalgia

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01163409
Enrollment
60
Registered
2010-07-15
Start date
2010-06-30
Completion date
2014-06-30
Last updated
2012-01-19

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Fibromyalgia, Juvenile

Keywords

juvenile fibromyalgia, acupuncture, exercise training

Brief summary

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.

Detailed description

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.

Interventions

PROCEDUREacupuncture

acupuncture involves two sessions per week, during 14 weeks.

PROCEDUREexercise training

exercise training comprises aerobic and strength training

PROCEDUREExercise, Acupuncture and Fibromyalgia

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.

Sponsors

University of Sao Paulo
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
10 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Juvenile fibromyalgia diagnosis * Age between ten to seventeen years and eleven months

Exclusion criteria

* Previous treatment with acupuncture; * Treatment with psychotherapy, exercise training, use of antidepressant and anti-inflammatory drugs in the last month; * Inflammatory diseases, hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
pain14 weeksClinical 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.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
quality of life14 weeksFunctional 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.
strength14 weekswill be assessed by means of 1-RM test

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026