Do functionality, strength, vascularization, inflammatory and biopsychosocial status improve by biopsychosocial model-based exercise in SSc?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to investigation of the effects of the Cognitive Exercise Therapy Approach [Bilişsel Egzersiz Terapi Yaklaşımı (BETY)], a supervised biopsychosocial model-based exercise intervention, on functionality, muscle strength, vascularization, anti-inflammatory and biopsychosocial status in SSc patients.

Methods

Thirty-seven SSc patients were included. Twenty of them were recruited into the study group (SG) undergoing BETY group exercise sessions three times a week for 3 months and seventeen were in the control group (CG) following a home exercise program. Assessment tools were the Modified Rodnan Skin Score (mRSS), Scleroderma HAQ (SHAQ), Modified Hand Mobility in Scleroderma (mHAMIS), Duruoz Hand Index (DHI), Six-Min Walk Test (6-MWT), skeletal muscle s

SUBMITTER: Tufekci O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11962873 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature