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SynthesisFrontiers in human neuroscience2024

The potential impact of exercise on affect and neuroinflammation in older adults living with fibromyalgia: a scoping review.

Taylor L Taylor, Fitzgerald Dodds, McKenna Tharpe, Emily L Zumbro, Michael Hankes, Raymond Jones, Deanna Rumble, Lisa Antoine, Kristen Allen-Watts, Andrew Sims and 4 more

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Synthesis in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Fibromyalgia: A Multifactorial Pain Disorder.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Taylor L TaylorDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Fitzgerald DoddsDepartment of Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
McKenna TharpeDepartment of Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Emily L ZumbroDepartment of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Michael HankesDepartment of Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Raymond JonesDepartment of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Deanna RumbleDepartment of Psychology and Counseling, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, United States.
Lisa AntoineDepartment of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Kristen Allen-WattsDepartment of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Andrew SimsDepartment of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States.
Reshu ChandraHeersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Burel R GoodinDepartment of Anesthesiology, Washington University Pain Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, United States.
Jarred YoungerDepartment of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Thomas W BufordDepartment of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.

Funding

UAB/Tuskegee Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (UAB/TU FIRST) Partnership (NIH U54) Travel SupplementU54CA267746 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI DURANT, RAEGAN WINSTON, FOUAD, MONA N. · 2021 to 2024
$12.7M
Sex hormones and arthritis in a long lived animal modelP30AG050886 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Thomas W Buford · 2015 to 2026
$11.3M
Interconnections among Cognition, Pain, and Physical Function in Aging.K02AG062498 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI BUFORD, THOMAS W · 2020 to 2024
$524k
NCI NIH HHS U54 CA267746NIA NIH HHS K02 AG062498NIA NIH HHS P30 AG050886
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a widespread chronic pain condition with prevalence increasing in older adults. Older adults living with FM experience longer pain symptom durations that can negatively impact their quality of life. Affect and neuroinflammation are potential factors that can exacerbate pain symptoms. Exercise is a recommended intervention to manage pain symptoms; however, adherence limitations persist. Drawing on the Biopsychosocial Framework of Chronic Pain, this scoping review explores how exercise impacts factors related to neuroinflammation and affect, and how these factors contribute to exercise adherence in older adults living with FM. Methods: We conducted a scoping search of articles related to exercise and older adults living with FM published before 2024. The extracted study characteristics include publication type, study design, affect outcomes, neuroinflammation outcomes, exercise type, exercise adherence, and sample demographic information. Results: We have provided an overview of the relationship between affect and neuroinflammation in studies including older adults living with FM and highlight the impact of exercise on affect and neuroinflammation in older adults living with FM. A conceptual framework is provided illustrating the reciprocal relationship between exercise, affective changes, neuroinflammation, and exercise adherence. Discussion: Our results suggest that exercise may improve affect, while limited evidence suggests that aerobic and resistance exercise improve neuroinflammation. Finally, implications for importance and future directions in the context of potential biological factors impacted are provided.

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affectexercisefibromyalgianeuroinflammationolder adults

Identifiers

PMID39834401
PMCPMC11743465

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