title: Does exercise improve symptoms in fibromyalgia?
abstract: It has been proposed that fibromyalgia could be managed by pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. Regular physical exercise is commonly used as a non-pharmacological intervention. Searching in Epistemonikos database, which is maintained by screening 30 databases, we identified 14 systematic reviews including 25 randomized trials. We combined the evidence using meta-analysis and generated a summary of findings table following the GRADE approach. We conclude that regular physical exercise probably reduces pain in patients with fibromyalgia.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Proyecto Epistemonikos, Santiago, Chile. Address: Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Lira 63, Santiago Centro, Chile. Email: luvergara@med.puc.cl.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rain
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Proyecto Epistemonikos, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Willy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Seguel
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Proyecto Epistemonikos, Santiago, Chile; Programa Medicina Deportiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vergara
mesh_terms: D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome