Effects of Swimming in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia (ESTF)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01547195 |
Recruitment Status
: Unknown
Verified March 2012 by Giovana Fernandes, Federal University of São Paulo.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted
: March 7, 2012
Last Update Posted
: March 30, 2012
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The recent scientific evidence shows that FM patients improve exercise capacity, symptoms and quality of life with the holding of regular exercise, especially aerobic exercise. Swimming is an aerobic workout of low impact, but no study has evaluated the effect of this activity in patients with fibromyalgia.
Randomized controlled trial with blinded evaluator, which will be evaluated patients with fibromyalgia were divided into two groups.
The intervention group will hold an exercise program of swimming (freestyle) and the other considered the control group held a walking program.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Fibromyalgia | Procedure: swim training Procedure: Training walk | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 75 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Assessment of the Effects of Swimming in the Treatment of Patients With Fibromyalgia. |
Study Start Date : | January 2012 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | January 2012 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2012 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Group-swimming |
Procedure: swim training
Swimming training will be conducted with the implementation of the freestyle. The training will be held a week with 3 X 50 minutes for a period of 12 weeks. Patients will be monitored by a frequency waterproof. When at the beginning of training are carried out five minutes of heating, followed by 40minutos swimming 5 minutes and cooling at the end of training. Other Names:
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Active Comparator: Control-walk |
Procedure: Training walk
The control group will perform walking exercise outdoors, monitored by a frequency, with the heart rate at anaerobic threshold assessed by cardiopulmonary exercise test. The training of walking will last 50 minutes, three times per week for 12 weeks. At the beginning of training, there will be a heating time of 5 minutes, followed by LA walk in cooling for 40 minutes and 5 minutes. Other Name: Walk.
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- Diminishing of pain [ Time Frame: 3 months ]_ Assess the effectiveness of the practice of swimming in reducing pain and improving quality of life in patients with FM.
- Improving quality of life [ Time Frame: 3 months ]_ Assess the effectiveness of the practice of swimming in improved function and aerobic capacity in patients with FM.

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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:
- Female patients with fibromyalgia according to the classification criteria of the American College of Rheumatology;
- Patients with degree of pain between 4 and 8 cm by VAS-visual analog scale;
- Patients who can swim the freestyle "(crawl)"; Patients with stable-medication for at least three months;
- All patients will have signing the consent form.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Patients with uncontrolled cardiac disease and / or unable to perform aerobic exercises;
- Patients with severe psychiatric disorders;
- Patients with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus;
- Patients who practice regular physical exercise for at least 3 months;
- Patients with skin diseases that contraindicate the use of swimming pool;
- Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01547195
Contact: Giovana Fernandes, Mestranda | +55 11 25943375 | gifernandespersonal@hotmail.com |
Brazil | |
Universidade Federal de São Paulo | Recruiting |
São Paulo, SP, Brazil | |
Contact: Jamil Natour, Professor +55 11 55764239 jnatour@unifesp.com.br | |
Contact: Giovana Fernandes, Mestranda +55 11 25943375 | |
Sub-Investigator: Jamil Natour, PhD | |
Ambulatory at UNIFESP | Recruiting |
São Paulo, Brazil | |
Contact: Giovana Fernandes, Master +55 11 84987581 gifernandespersonal@hotmail.com | |
Principal Investigator: Giovana Fernandes, Mestranda |
Principal Investigator: | Giovana Fernandes, Mestranda | Universidade Federal de São Paulo |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Giovana Fernandes, EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF SWIMMING IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH FIBROMYALGIA, Federal University of São Paulo |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01547195 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
0360/10 |
First Posted: | March 7, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 30, 2012 |
Last Verified: | March 2012 |
Keywords provided by Giovana Fernandes, Federal University of São Paulo:
fibromyalgia swimming |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Fibromyalgia Myofascial Pain Syndromes Muscular Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases |
Rheumatic Diseases Neuromuscular Diseases Nervous System Diseases |