Does exercise improve symptoms in fibromyalgia?

It has been proposed that fibromyalgia could be managed by pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. Regular physical exercise is commonly used as a non-pharmacological intervention. Searching in Epistemonikos database, which is maintained by screening 30 databases, we identified 14 sys...

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Published inMedwave Vol. 15 Suppl 3; no. suppl3; p. e6335
Main Authors Rain, Carmen, Seguel, Willy, Vergara, Luis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chile 14.12.2015
Subjects
Exercise Therapy - methods
Fibromyalgia - physiopathology
Fibromyalgia - therapy
Humans
Pain - etiology
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:It has been proposed that fibromyalgia could be managed by pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. Regular physical exercise is commonly used as a non-pharmacological intervention. Searching in Epistemonikos database, which is maintained by screening 30 databases, we identified 14 systematic reviews including 25 randomized trials. We combined the evidence using meta-analysis and generated a summary of findings table following the GRADE approach. We conclude that regular physical exercise probably reduces pain in patients with fibromyalgia.
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ISSN:0717-6384
0717-6384
DOI:10.5867/medwave.2015.6335