Protocol of HOTFy: randomised clinical trial to hyperbaric oxygen therapy in fibromyalgia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Fibromyalgia is a polysymptomatic syndrome with a prevalence between 0.2% and 13% of the population and causes work disabilities in approximately half of affected patients. Several treatments to fibromyalgia have been proposed with partial improvement. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and when it should be introduced to fibromyalgia.

Methods and analysis

This is a protocol for an open-label, crossover, randomised clinical trial comparing treatment with hyperbaric oxygen therapy and standardised treatment to fibromyalgia. In the proposed study, 56 individuals with fibromyalgia will be randomised in a 1:1 ratio into a single, fixed, random block, in which one group will receive hyperbaric oxygen therapy and another will receive

SUBMITTER: Mota Neto J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9843185 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature