AB0931 Effects of manual therapy on pain, posture, flexibility, quality of sleep and depressive symptoms in fibromyalgia syndrome

Abstract

Background: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic musculoskeletal pain condition characterized by widespread and a constellation of other symptoms., Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effects of a Manual Therapy (MT) protocol for improving pain, posture, flexibility, tender points, impact of FMS symptoms, sleep quality and depressive symptoms with FMS., Methods: Patients completed demographic information, a number of self-report measures including Visual Analog Scale for assessing pain, Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Quality of Sleep Questionnaire Index and the Hospital of Anxiety and Depression Scale.The patients underwent a protocol of MT for a 60-minute session for 3 weeks (5/wk). The protocol was as the following release and mobilisation. All analyses were performed with the SPSS (version 22.0)statistical program, Results: 16 women,3 men patients who had FMS were treated with MT.Demographic variables of the participants are provided in Table 1.While there was a favorable change in all measurement parameters after treatment (p<0.001).There was a statistically significant difference between before and after the treatment measurement parameters ( Table 2), 1. Goldenberg DL, Burckhardt C, Crofford L. Management of fibromyalgia syndrome. JAMA. 2004;292:2388-2395., 2. Castro-Sa' nchez AM, Matara' n-Pen arrocha GA, Arroyo-Morales M. Effects of myofascial release techniques on pain, physical function, and postural stability in patients with fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial. Clin Rehabil. 2011;25:800-813., (C) 2017 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism