ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2013
Passive body heating improves sleep patterns in female patients with fibromyalgia.
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- Effectiveness of spa therapy for patients with chronic low back pain: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Therapeutic Patient Education for Fibromyalgia during Spa Therapy: The FiETT Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Periocular skin warming elevates the distal skin temperature without affecting the proximal or core body temperature.Scientific reports · 2019Trial
- The Effect of Eight Weeks of Passive Heat Therapy on Mental Health, Sleep, and Chronic Pain in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- The Effect of Warm Footbath on the Quality of Sleep on Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in Cardiac Care Unit.Journal of caring sciences · 2019Article
- Heart rate turbulence analysis in female patients with fibromyalgia.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2015Article
- Effects of bedtime periocular and posterior cervical cutaneous warming on sleep status in adult male subjects: a preliminary study.Sleep and biological rhythmsArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the effect of passive body heating on the sleep patterns of patients with fibromyalgia.
methodsSix menopausal women diagnosed with fibromyalgia according to the criteria determined by the American College of Rheumatology were included. All women underwent passive immersion in a warm bath at a temperature of 36 ±1 °C for 15 sessions of 30 minutes each over a period of three weeks. Their sleep patterns were assessed by polysomnography at the following time-points: pre-intervention (baseline), the first day of the intervention (acute), the last day of the intervention (chronic), and three weeks after the end of the intervention (follow-up). Core body temperature was evaluated by a thermistor pill during the baseline, acute, chronic, and follow-up periods. The impact of this treatment on fibromyalgia was assessed via a specific questionnaire termed the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire.
resultsSleep latency, rapid eye movement sleep latency and slow wave sleep were significantly reduced in the chronic and acute conditions compared with baseline. Sleep efficiency was significantly increased during the chronic condition, and the awakening index was reduced at the chronic and follow-up time points relative to the baseline values. No significant differences were observed in total sleep time, time in sleep stages 1 or 2 or rapid eye movement sleep percentage. The core body temperature and Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire responses did not significantly change over the course of the study.
conclusionPassive body heating had a positive effect on the sleep patterns of women with fibromyalgia.
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