Effect of aquatic exercise on fibromyalgia symptoms: a meta-analysis.
<p align="justify">Fibromyalgia (FM) symptoms cause a decline in the quality of life of people who suffer it, ranging from mild to severe; for that reason diverse therapies have been studied to lessen the health consequences of this syndrome. Aquatic exercises have shown positive res...
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| description | <p align="justify">Fibromyalgia (FM) symptoms cause a decline in the quality of life of people who suffer it, ranging from mild to severe; for that reason diverse therapies have been studied to lessen the health consequences of this syndrome. Aquatic exercises have shown positive results in many studies, setting the objective of performing a meta-analysis of the characteristics of this type of exercise and its association with symptoms caused by fibromyalgia. We included 16 studies (only pure experimental studies published between 1998 and 2008), from which we calculated a total of 196 effect sizes. An initial analysis compared the type of physical activity and then analyzed the moderating variables including studies that used only water activities. When analyzing the type of activity performed, the only one showing significant differences when compared to the control group was the one executed in an aquatic environment. From this subset, significant effect sizes were found at all ages studied, years of suffering the disease, exercise frequency, intensity, size of group, number of sessions, symptoms and all the components of physical fitness analyzed. In general, the activity is recommended to be performed in large groups, encouraging social ties, with a frequency of three sessions of 60 minutes per week, regardless of the intensity.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c03645edf1f1419f95a169a4f2aae5372024-12-02T05:58:55ZengUniversidad de Costa RicaPensar en Movimiento1409-07241659-44362010-12-018191910.15517/pensarmov.v8i1.443424Effect of aquatic exercise on fibromyalgia symptoms: a meta-analysis.Diana Villalobos Blanco0Pedro Carazo Vargas1Universidad de Costa Rica; Universidad Nacional de Costa RicaUniversidad de Costa Rica, Escuela de Educación Física y Deportes<p align="justify">Fibromyalgia (FM) symptoms cause a decline in the quality of life of people who suffer it, ranging from mild to severe; for that reason diverse therapies have been studied to lessen the health consequences of this syndrome. Aquatic exercises have shown positive results in many studies, setting the objective of performing a meta-analysis of the characteristics of this type of exercise and its association with symptoms caused by fibromyalgia. We included 16 studies (only pure experimental studies published between 1998 and 2008), from which we calculated a total of 196 effect sizes. An initial analysis compared the type of physical activity and then analyzed the moderating variables including studies that used only water activities. When analyzing the type of activity performed, the only one showing significant differences when compared to the control group was the one executed in an aquatic environment. From this subset, significant effect sizes were found at all ages studied, years of suffering the disease, exercise frequency, intensity, size of group, number of sessions, symptoms and all the components of physical fitness analyzed. In general, the activity is recommended to be performed in large groups, encouraging social ties, with a frequency of three sessions of 60 minutes per week, regardless of the intensity.</p>http://www.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pem/article/view/443Fibromialgiaejercicio acuáticometa-análisis |
| spellingShingle | Diana Villalobos Blanco Pedro Carazo Vargas Effect of aquatic exercise on fibromyalgia symptoms: a meta-analysis. Pensar en Movimiento Fibromialgia ejercicio acuático meta-análisis |
| title | Effect of aquatic exercise on fibromyalgia symptoms: a meta-analysis. |
| title_full | Effect of aquatic exercise on fibromyalgia symptoms: a meta-analysis. |
| title_fullStr | Effect of aquatic exercise on fibromyalgia symptoms: a meta-analysis. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of aquatic exercise on fibromyalgia symptoms: a meta-analysis. |
| title_short | Effect of aquatic exercise on fibromyalgia symptoms: a meta-analysis. |
| title_sort | effect of aquatic exercise on fibromyalgia symptoms a meta analysis |
| topic | Fibromialgia ejercicio acuático meta-análisis |
| url | http://www.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pem/article/view/443 |
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