Massage Therapy in the Management of Fibromyalgia: A Pilot Study

Autor:	Christine L. Emsley, John D. Bradley, M. Nergis Yanmaz Alnigenis, Janine E. Wallick
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Massage business.industry Learned helplessness medicine.disease Rheumatology Quality of life Internal medicine Fibromyalgia medicine Physical therapy Anxiety medicine.symptom business Psychosocial Depression (differential diagnoses)
Zdroj:	Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain. 9:55-67
ISSN:	1540-7012 1058-2452
DOI:	10.1300/j094v09n02_05
Popis:	Objective: To study the clinical effectiveness of Swedish massage in fibromyalgia syndrome [FMS].Methods: Swedish massage [SM] was compared with standard physician care [SC] without or with interim follow-up telephone calls [SCPC] in 37 subjects.Results: Baseline Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales [AIMS] of physical activity, depression, anxiety, and pain for all patients indicated poor status. Baseline Quality of Well Being [QWB] scores showed impaired quality of life; the Rheumatology Attitudes Index [RAI] scores indicated helplessness. All but five subjects had a Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression score above 15. At four weeks [7-SM/8-SC/9-SCPC], the SM group improved in RAI [P = 0.06] and AIMS mobility [P = 0.05]. At 28 weeks [4-SM/6-SC/6-SCPC], there were no significant intergroup differences. The 16 study completers had significantly lower baseline QWB scores [P = 0.025] than dropouts.Conclusions: Although our study showed some effect of SM in FMS at four weeks, benefits were modest and no...
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