Exercise and global well-being in community-dwelling adults with fibromyalgia: a systematic review with meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exercise has been recommended for improving global-well being in adults with fibromyalgia. However, no meta-analysis has determined the effects of exercise on global well-being using a single instrument and when analyzed separately according to intention-to-treat and per-protocol analyses. The purpose of this study was to fill that gap.

Methods

Studies were derived from six electronic sources, cross-referencing from retrieved studies and expert review. Dual selection of randomized controlled exercise training studies published between January 1, 1980 and January 1, 2008 and in which global well-being was assessed using the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) were included. Dual abstraction of data for study, subject and exercise program characteristics as well

SUBMITTER: Kelley GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2874776 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature