Session Information
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Title: Fibromyalgia, Soft Tissue Disorders, Regional and Specific Clinical Pain Syndromes Poster II
Session Type: ACR Poster Session C
Session Time: 9:00AM-11:00AM
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia patients should exercise, but often can’t. Though aerobic exercises may help, many patients find them too challenging.
Methods: We administered a questionnaire to fibromyalgia office patients. Types of exercises included aerobic exercise, muscle strengthening, stretching, yoga, and other. All patients met the 2010 ACR criteria for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia.
Results: 91 Fibromyalgia responded to a questionnaire regarding their ability to exercise. The types of exercise of fibromyalgia patients were able to perform, based 1-10 on visual analog scales, were stretching (6.75), yoga (5.82), muscle strengthening (4.92), and aerobic exercise (3.98).
Conclusion: Fibromyalgia patients identify stretching and yoga as two types of exercise they can do. Though previous studies suggest that aerobic exercise is beneficial, the majority of fibromyalgia patients find these to too challenging.
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
Katz RS, Polyak JL. What Types of Exercises Can Fibromyalgia Patients Perform? [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015; 67 (suppl 10). https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/what-types-of-exercises-can-fibromyalgia-patients-perform/. Accessed .« Back to 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
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