Hydrotherapy and conventional physiotherapy improve total sleep time and quality of life of fibromyalgia patients: Randomized clinical trial
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2006-04-01
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Carvalho, Luciane Bizari Coin de 
Prado, Gilmar Fernandes do
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Objective: To compare hydrotherapy (HT) and conventional physiotherapy (CP) in the treatment of fibromyalgia (FM), regarding quality of life QOL), total sleep time (TST), and total nap time (TNT).Methods: Fifty outpatients, all female, 30-60 years old, diagnosed with FM, were randomly assigned to two groups to carry out 3 weeks of treatment with HT or CP. in the beginning and in the end of treatment, patients were evaluated with the SF-36 questionnaire to measure QOL and the sleep diary for TST and TNT. Data analyses were blind.Results: All 24 HT patients increased I h in TST compared to 19 CP patients. TNT decreased in the HT group. QOL improved for the two groups in all domains when pre- and post-intervention were compared, but there was no difference between groups.Conclusion: HT is more effective than CP to improve TST and to decrease TNT in FM patients. (C) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Sleep Medicine. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., v. 7, n. 3, p. 293-296, 2006.