ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018
Effects of Dance on Pain in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05993663 (Museums as Health Spaces), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Museums as Health Spaces: Design and Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Arts in Health Intervention to Improve the Quality of Life and Functional Capacity Regarding the Pain of People With Fibromyalgia. Mixed Methodology Study.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Guidelines on Treating Fibromyalgia With Nonpharmacological Therapies in China.Journal of evidence-based medicine · 2025Guideline
- Dance for Chronic Pain Conditions: A Systematic Review.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2022Pooled it
- The effect of exercise on clinical pain: a systematic umbrella review and meta-meta-analysis.Pain reports · 2026Article
- Healing synchrony? potential benefits of interpersonal synchrony for chronic pain management.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of BiodanzaJournal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- 'Unmasking Pain' through creativity: A phenomenological study of person-centred pain exploration for people living with chronic pain.PloS one · 2024Article
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- Fibromyalgia, Pain, and Physical Activity: A Bibliometric Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Relationships between Physical Activity Level and Pain in the Spanish Population: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Local Administration of ElectroMagnetic Field as Add-On Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Facial Pain: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Evaluating the effects of dance on motor outcomes, non-motor outcomes, and quality of life in people living with Parkinson's: a feasibility study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2022Article
- The role of physiotherapy in fibromyalgia: Current and future perspectives.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Review
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Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to perform a systematic review on the effectiveness of dance-based programs in patients with fibromyalgia, as well as calculate the overall effect size of the improvements, through a meta-analysis.
methodsThe Cochrane Library, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), PubMed, TRIP, and Web of Science (WOS) were selected to identify the articles included in this systematic review and meta-analysis. A total of seven articles fulfilled all inclusion and exclusion criteria. PRISMA guidelines were followed in the data extraction process. The level of evidence was established following guidelines from the Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement (CBO).
resultsThe studies were all randomized controlled trials, but not double-blind. Duration of dance programs ranged from 12 to 24 weeks. Sessions lasted between 60 and 120 minutes and were performed 1-2 times per week. The overall effect size for pain was -1.64 with a 95% CI from -2.69 to -0.59 which can be interpreted as large. In addition, significant improvements were observed in quality of life, depression, impact of the disease, anxiety, and physical function.
conclusionDance-based intervention programs can be an effective intervention for people suffering from fibromyalgia, leading to a significant reduction of the level of pain with an effect size that can be considered as large. However, findings and conclusions from this meta-analysis must be taken with caution due to the small number of articles and the large heterogeneity.
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