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Effects of and Exploring the Processes of Free Movement Dance as a Physical Therapy Intervention for Female Patients Diagnosed With Chronic Widespread Pain (Including Fibromyalgia).

Part 1. Effects of Free Movement Dance as a Physiotherapy Intervention for Female Patients Diagnosed With Chronic Widespread Pain Including (Fibromyalgia) - Prospective Randomised Controlled Trial. Part 2. Exploring the Processes of Free Movement Dance as a Physiotherapy Intervention for Female Patients Diagnosed With Chronic Widespread Pain (Including Fibromyalgia) Over Time - a Qualitative Study. Part 3. Exploring Withdrawal From Study Participation - a Qualitative Study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05282758
Enrollment
52
Registered
2022-03-16
Start date
2022-02-07
Completion date
2025-12-31
Last updated
2025-04-08

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

Conditions

Chronic Widespread Pain, Fibromyalgia

Brief summary

The study has three parts: Part 1: To evaluate, for adult female patients diagnosed with chronic widespread pain (including fibromyalgia), the effects of Free Movement Dance as an add-on intervention after interdisciplinary pain management/rehabilitation at a specialist pain clinic versus modified person-centered progressive resistance exercise. The cognitive-behavioural conceptualization of pain, effects on pain intensity, physical function, self-efficacy, pain catastrophizing, health related quality of life, anxiety and depression symptoms and quality of sleep will be evaluated. Part 2: To explore, for adult female patients diagnosed with chronic widespread pain (including fibromyalgia), the processes of Free Movement Dance, as an add-on intervention after interdisciplinary pain management/rehabilitation at a specialist pain clinic, to generate a substantive theory useful for clinical praxis. Part 3: To explore and describe why participants who agreed and signed consent choose to withdraw from participating in the interventions of the study's part 1.

Interventions

OTHERFree Movement Dance

Free Movement Dance as a physiotherapy intervention

OTHERModified person-centred progressive resistance exercise

Modified person-centered progressive resistance exercise as a physiotherapy intervention

Sponsors

Göteborg University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Female Patients Diagnosed With Chronic Widespread Pain (Including Fibromyalgia) participating in an interdisciplinary pain management and rehabilitation for three months on a specialist pain clinic in south-west of Sweden. * Age over 18 years and to be able to read and write Swedish. -

Exclusion criteria

* Red flag disorders such as malignancy/cancer, acute traumas such as fracture (less than six months ago) or infection. * Pregnancy, severe mental illness, and ongoing substance abuse. * Yellow flags as issues with compensation system or unsolved insurance issues with insurance company or the Swedish Social Insurance Agency. -

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in Cognitive-behavioural conceptualization of painBefore and after the three months of interdisciplinary specialist interventions and after 12 months, which is standard procedure + after ending the add-on interventions and 24 months after the interdisciplinary treatments\- measured with The Multidimensional Pain Inventory- Swedish (MPI-s)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Health Related Quality of LifeBefore and after the three months of interdisciplinary specialist interventions and after 12 months, which is standard procedure + after ending the add-on interventions and 24 months after the interdisciplinary treatments\- Physical function, Physical role and Quality of life measured by Rand - 36
Self-efficacyBefore and after the three months of interdisciplinary specialist interventions and after 12 months, which is standard procedure + after ending the add-on interventions and 24 months after the interdisciplinary treatmentsmeasured by The General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE)
Self-reported PainBefore and after the three months of interdisciplinary specialist interventions and after 12 months, which is standard procedure + after ending the add-on interventions and 24 months after the interdisciplinary treatmentsmeasured by Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS)
Anxiety and depression symptomsBefore and after the three months of interdisciplinary specialist interventions and after 12 months, which is standard procedure + after ending the add-on interventions and 24 months after the interdisciplinary treatmentsmeasured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
Quality of sleepBefore and after the three months of interdisciplinary specialist interventions and after 12 months, which is standard procedure + after ending the add-on interventions and 24 months after the interdisciplinary treatmentsmeasured by Insomnia Severity Scale (ISI)
Pain catastrophizingBefore and after the three months of interdisciplinary specialist interventions and after 12 months, which is standard procedure + after ending the add-on interventions and 24 months after the interdisciplinary treatmentsmeasured by the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS)

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

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