Effects of a Motor Imagery Exercise Protocol in Patients With Fibromyalgia
CompletedNot applicableNCT03870932
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a novel approach with a motor imagery-based exercise program versus conventional rehabilitative approach in fibromyalgia syndrome (FM): reduction of pain was set as the primary outcome.
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of a Motor Imagery Exercise Protocol on Chronic Pain and Emotional Distress in Patients With Fibromyalgia: a Pilot Study
- Conditions
- Fibromyalgia
- Pain, Chronic
- Image, Body
- Psychological Distress
- Interventions
- Other: Motor Imagery physical therapy
- Other: Conventional physical therapy
- Sponsor
- University of Roma La Sapienza
- Start date
- 2016-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-12-15
- Sex
- Female
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 60 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Italy
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * experienced widespread pain for more than 3 months * pain with 4 kg/cm2 pressure at 11 or more of the 18 tender points * aged 18 to 60 years * pharmacological therapeutic regimen must have been stable for at least three months before Exclusion Criteria: * pregnant women * pacemaker wearers * overlapping painful conditions * presence of autoimmune or hematologic diseases * psychiatric disorders in pharmacological and psychological treatment * other causes of chronic pain * other diseases such as epilepsy, tumors, major neurological problems and diabetes
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03870932