title: Efficacy of the "body movement and perception" method in the treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome: an open pilot study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Group exercises may be useful in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). The 'Body movement and perception' (BMP) method is based on low impact exercises, awareness of body perception and relaxation, aimed at treating small groups of patients following the Resseguier method (RM) and integrating RM with exercises derived from soft gymnastics. We assessed the effects of BMP method on FMS.
  
  
  METHODS
  40 women with FMS (age and disease duration: 51.7±7.2 and 4.9±3.8 years) participated in an open pilot study. BMP sessions were performer twice a week (50 minutes each) for 8 weeks. Patients were assessed at enrolment (T0) and at the end of the study (T1) by a self-administered questionnaire (temporal characteristics of pain, pain interference in working and recreational activities and in night-time rest, awareness of pain, fatigue, irritability, well-being, quality of movement, ability to focus on perception and to perceive whole body, postural selfcontrol, ability to relax) and a clinical evaluation (tender points, assumption of analgesics/NSAIDs, distribution of pain, pain in sitting and standing position, pain during postural passages and gait, postural body alignment, muscular contractures).
  
  
  RESULTS
  At T1, FMS patients significantly improved with respect to T0 in pain, fatigue, irritability, well-being, quality of movement, postural self-control, ability to relax mind and body, movement perception, tender point scores, assumption of analgesic/NSAIDs, body alignment and muscle contractures (p<0.05 for all the comparisons T1 versus T0).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In FMS patients, rehabilitation with BMP improves pain and well being, reduces the number of tender points and muscle contractures, thus it is useful in FMS management.
authors.affiliation: Department of BioMedicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, and AMuRR, Rehabilitative Medicine and Assistive Devices Centre, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maddali Bongi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Di Felice
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Del Rosso
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Landi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maresca
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giambalvo Dal Ben
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matucci-Cerinic
mesh_terms: D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012064:Relaxation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome