Physical Exercise and Its Impact on Signs of Inflammation in Fibromyalgia
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00643006 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : March 25, 2008
Results First Posted : October 30, 2012
Last Update Posted : October 30, 2012
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Exercise Therapy Pain | Behavioral: Physical exercise Behavioral: Active comparator: low intensive exercise | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 67 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Physical Exercise and Its Impact on Signs of Inflammation in Women With Fibromyalgia |
Study Start Date : | January 2008 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 2009 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | June 2009 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: A. High intensive exercise
High intensive exercise
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Behavioral: Physical exercise
Supervised walks with poles twice a week at moderate-high intensity |
Active Comparator: B. Low-intensive exercise
Low-to-moderate intensive supervised walks
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Behavioral: Active comparator: low intensive exercise
Supervised walks once a week at low-intensity. |
- Six-minute Walk Test [ Time Frame: 15 weeks ]Patient is instructed to walk as fast as she can. The distance covered during 6 minutes is documented.
- Change of Pain Level From Baseline. [ Time Frame: 15 weeks ]Pain was measured by The Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) subscale for Pain, which is a self-rated pain on visual analogue scale, 0-100 mm. The higher value, the worse pain.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 60 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women with Fibromyalgia, interested in exercise twice a week
Exclusion Criteria:
- Other severe diseases

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00643006
Sweden | |
Alingsås Primary Health Care | |
Alingsås, Sweden | |
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Dept of Physical Therapy | |
Göteborg, Sweden, 41345 | |
Uddevalla Primary Health Care | |
Uddevalla, Sweden |
Principal Investigator: | Kaisa E Mannerkorpi, Ass prof | Göteborg University, Dept of Rheumatology |
Responsible Party: | Göteborg University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00643006 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
GAU2 |
First Posted: | March 25, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | October 30, 2012 |
Last Update Posted: | October 30, 2012 |
Last Verified: | September 2012 |
Fibromyalgia Physical activity Function |
Pain Exercise Inflammation |
Fibromyalgia Myofascial Pain Syndromes Inflammation Pathologic Processes Muscular Diseases |
Musculoskeletal Diseases Rheumatic Diseases Neuromuscular Diseases Nervous System Diseases |