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Effect of Pilates Based Exercise Training on Pain and Quality of Life in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review

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Abstract Background: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a syndrome character-ized by chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain. The main symptoms of this disease are muscle stiffness, joint stiffness, insomnia, fatigue, mood disorders, cognitive dysfunction, anxi-ety, depression, general sensitivity and the inability to carry out normal daily activities. Aim of Study: To summarize the best evidence of the effect of Pilates based exercise training for pain and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia. Subjects and Methods: By using electronic database: Pu-bMed, Cochrane library, Pedro and science direct. Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) were only included in this review and the others were excluded according to eligibility criteria. Results: Four RCTs were only included and were identified with good quality methodology in this review with 203 par-ticipants met the inclusion criteria, the duration of treatment was once or twice or 3 times aweek for four or eightor twelve weeks. The results showed level (1a) evidence for the effec-tiveness of Pilates based exercise training in improving pain and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia. All included studies showed positive effects in the measured outcomes, Me-ta-analyses statistics used in this review in four studies with a high-quality assessment, and descriptive analysis in one study. Pilates based exercise training has no Significant effect in pain and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia. Conclusion: The current study showed that, Pilates based exercise training is a safe and beneficial intervention, but has no superior effect on pain and quality of life in patients with FM compared to other traditional rehabilitation interventions. This evidence is based on a limited number of RCTs and more high-quality RCTs are needed to support this evidence.

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10.21608/mjcu.2024.353101

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Fibromyalgia, Pilate’s exercise therapy, Chronic pain, quality of life, systematic review

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NAWAL A. ABU SHADY, Ph.D.*; NESMA F. AMIN, M.Sc.** and AKRAM A. SAYED, Ph.D.***

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The Department of Neurology*,** and Physical Therapy for Cardiovascular/Respiratory Disorder & Geriatrics Department***, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University

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92

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03

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47483

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2024-03-01

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2024-05-03

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2024-03-01

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153

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161

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0045-3803

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2536-9806

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The Medical Journal of Cairo University

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Effect of Pilates Based Exercise Training on Pain and Quality of Life in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review

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30 Dec 2024