title: Effects of a multiprofessional rehabilitation programme for patients with fibromyalgia syndrome.
abstract: The present study sought to evaluate the efficacy of a 12-week multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme mainly emphasizing physiotherapy, for patients with either fibromyalgia syndrome or chronic, widespread pain. Forty-three non-randomized female patients with fibromyalgia syndrome or chronic, widespread pain were assigned to the programme or served as waiting-list controls. The outcome was assessed with the Body Awareness Scale-Health, the Multidimensional Pain Inventory, the Quality of Life Scale, the Visual Analogue Scale and a pain drawing. Both groups were reassessed after 3 and 6 months, the treatment group also after 1 year. The treatment group improved in quality of movement and in vegetative disturbances according to the Body Awareness Scale-Health after the programme. At the 3-month and 1-year follow-ups the improvements were partly sustained. The control group showed deterioration after 3 and 6 months in three of the main scales of the Body Awareness Scale-Health. This clinical trial of a rehabilitation programme, proved beneficial for improving quality of movement and reducing the experience of vegetative disturbances.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. monika.gustafsson@ks.se
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gustafsson
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ekholm
authors.forename: Lisbet
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Broman
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000592:standards*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014850:Waiting Lists