RT Journal Article
T1 Land- and water-based exercise intervention in women with fibromyalgia : the al-andalus physical activity randomised controlled trial
A1 Carbonell Baeza, Ana
A1 Ruiz, Jonatan R.
A1 Aparicio, Virginia A.
A1 Ortega, Francisco B.
A1 Munguía Izquierdo, Diego
A1 Álvarez Gallardo, Inmaculada C.
A1 Segura Jiménez, Víctor
A1 Camiletti Moirón, Daniel
A1 Romero, Alejandro
A1 Estévez López, Fernando
A1 Samos, Blanca
A1 Casimiro, Antonio J.
A1 Sierra Robles, Ángela
A1 Latorre, Pedro A.
A1 Pulido Martos, Manuel
A1 Femia, Pedro
A1 Pérez López, Isaac J.
A1 Chillón, Palma
A1 Girela Rejón, María J.
A1 Tercedor, Pedro
A1 Lucía, Alejandro
A1 Delgado Fernández, Manuel
AB Background: The al-Andalus physical activity intervention study is a randomised control trial to investigate theeffectiveness of a land- and water-based exercise intervention for reducing the overall impact of fibromyalgia(primary outcome), and for improving tenderness and pain-related measures, body composition, functionalcapacity, physical activity and sedentary behaviour, fatigue, sleep quality, health-related quality of life, and cognitivefunction (secondary outcomes) in women with fibromyalgia.Methods/Design: One hundred eighty women with fibromyalgia (age range: 35-65 years) will be recruited from localassociations of fibromyalgia patients in Andalucía (Southern Spain). Patients will be randomly assigned to a usual care(control) group (n = 60), a water-based exercise intervention group (n = 60) or a land-based exercise intervention group(n = 60). Participants in the usual care group will receive general physical activity guidelines and participants allocatedin the intervention groups will attend three non-consecutive training sessions (60 min each) per week during 24 weeks.Both exercise interventions will consist of aerobic, muscular strength and flexibility exercises. We will also study theeffect of a detraining period (i.e., 12 weeks with no exercise intervention) on the studied variables.Discussion: Our study attempts to reduce the impact of fibromyalgia and improve patients’ health status byimplementing two types of exercise interventions. Results from this study will help to assess the efficacy of exerciseinterventions for the treatment of fibromyalgia. If the interventions would be effective, this study will provide lowcostand feasible alternatives for health professionals in the management of fibromyalgia. Results from the al-Andalus physical activity intervention will help to better understand the potential of regular physical activity forimproving the well-being of women with fibromyalgia.
PB BioMed Central
SN 1471-2474
YR 2012
FD 2012
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8384
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8384
LA eng
NO Carbonell Baeza, A., Ruiz, J.R., Aparicio, V.A., Ortega, F.,B., Munguía Izquierdo, D., Álvarez Gallardo, I.C., Segura Jiménez, V., Camiletti Moirón, D., Romero, A., Estévez López, F., Samos, B., Casimiro, A.J., Sierra Robles, A., Latorre, P.A., Pulido Martos, M., Femia, P., Pérez López, I.J., Chillón, P., Girela Rejón, M.J., Tercedor, P., Lucía, A., Delgado Fernández, M.: "Land- and water-based exercise intervention in women with fibromyalgia : the al-andalus physical activity randomised controlled trial". BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2012  13:18. ISSN 1471-2474
NO This study was supported by the Consejeria de Turismo, Comercio y Deporte (CTCD-201000019242-TRA), the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (I + D + I DEP2010-15639, grants: BES-2009-013442, BES-2011-047133, RYC-2010-05957, RYC-2011-09011), the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation (20090635), the Spanish Ministry of Education (AP-2009-3173), Granada Research of Excelence Initiative on Biohealth (GREIB), Campus BioTic, University of Granada, Spain and European University of Madrid. Escuela de Estudios Universitarios Real Madrid. 2010/04RM.
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