A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Aquatic Exercises in Sea Water and Water Pool
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of aerobic exercise in water pool compared with aerobic exercise performed in sea by women with fibromyalgia (FM).
A total of 46 patients were randomly allocated into two groups: pool group (23 patients) and sea group (23 patients) that performed the same aerobic exercise program.
Patients were evaluated baseline and after 12 weeks using: VAS, number of tender points, FIQ (Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire), SF-36 (short-form health survey), PSQI (The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) , and BDI (Beck Depression Inventory). Both groups improved significantly in post-treatment for all the evaluated variables.
There were no significant differences between two groups, except for BDI (F=2.418, P<0.0001). href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18600327">PMID: 18600327 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
de Andrade SC, de Carvalho RF, Soares AS, de Abreu Freitas RP, de Medeiros Guerra LM, Vilar MJ. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Medicine, Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil. sandra.andrade.fisio@gmail.com
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