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Trial reportRheumatology international2013

Efficacy of supervised exercise combined with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in women with fibromyalgia: a prospective controlled study.

B Mutlu, N Paker, D Bugdayci, D Tekdos, N Kesiktas

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Rheumatology international, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Mixed exercise training for adults with fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  4. Whole body vibration exercise training for fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  5. Aerobic exercise training for adults with fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  6. Aquatic exercise training for fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014
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  7. Resistance exercise training for fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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  9. Effects of Personal Low-Frequency Stimulation Device on Myalgia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  20. Physical exercise as non-pharmacological treatment of chronic pain: Why and when.Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

B MutluIstanbul Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training Hospital, Bahçelievler, Istanbul, Turkey. drburcumutlu@hutmail.com
N Paker
D Bugdayci
D Tekdos
N Kesiktas
Memorial Sisli Hospital · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the results of a supervised exercise with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in an exercise controlled study in women with fibromyalgia. Sixty-six women with fibromyalgia who admitted to the outpatient clinic of our hospital were randomized into two treatment groups. The patients in both groups participated in a supervised combined exercise program for 12 weeks. The women in first group had additional TENS in the first 3 weeks of the study. All subjects were analyzed at the baseline, at the end of the 3rd and 12th weeks. Outcome measures were tender point count (TPC), myalgic pain score (MPS), Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) and Short Form-36 (SF-36) Health Survey. Sixty women with fibromyalgia completed the study. The patients in both groups showed improvement in terms of TPC, MPS, FIQ, physical and mental summary scores and total scores of SF-36 at the end of the 3rd and 12th weeks. The improvement in MPS at the third week was higher in the first group (p = 0.01). But there was no difference in terms of the improvement in MPS between the groups at the end of the 12th week control (p = 0.87). There was no significant difference between the improvement in the other outcome parameters of the two groups. As a result, supervised exercise program was successful to improve the myalgic pain, functional status and quality of life in women with fibromyalgia. Exercises combined with TENS might be useful due to quick myalgic pain relief in the treatment of fibromyalgia in everyday practice.

Indexed as

Exercise TherapyTranscutaneous Electric Nerve StimulationAdultFemaleFibromyalgiaHumansMiddle AgedPain MeasurementProspective StudiesQuality of Life

Identifiers

PMID22527135
OpenAlexW2025805176

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