Randomisierte, kontrollierte Studie zur Wirksamkeit und Verträglichkeit einer milden wassergefilterten Infrarot-A-Ganzkörperhyperthermie als Zusatzbehandlung zu einer multimodalen rehabilitativen Standardtherapie bei der Behandlung der Fibromyalgie

Autor: K. L. Resch, M. Offenbächer, A. Franke, T. Brockow, A. Wagner
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Physikalische Medizin, Rehabilitationsmedizin, Kurortmedizin. 18:171-180
ISSN: 1439-085X
0940-6689
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1080943
Popis: OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether mild water-filtered near infrared whole-body hyperthermia (NI-WBH) produces an additional benefit when applied as an adjunct to a standard multimodal rehabilitation (MR) compared to MR only in patients with Fibromyalgia (FM). METHODS: One hundred and thirty-nine patients of a German inpatient rehabilitation hospital meeting the ACR 1990 criteria for FM were randomly allocated to NI-WBH (heating-up to 38.1°C body-core temperature followed by a 15 min heat retention period) and MR or MR only, twice a week over 3 weeks. Main outcome measures were affective and sensory pain assessed by a German version of the McGill Pain Questionnaire, measured at baseline, postintervention, 3 and 6 months postintervention and analyzed by intention to treat. RESULTS: Repeated measures analysis of covariance showed significant differences between groups for both primary outcome measures in favor of NI-WBH and MR compared with MR only (p
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