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RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
卷 38, 期 12, 页码 2243-2250出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-018-4176-0
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Fibromyalgia; Clinical trial; Cold therapy
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Evidence of symptomatic treatment for fibromyalgia (FM) is very low. Whole body cryotherapy (WBC) modulates different neurotransmitters, which might have a role in pain alleviation and could exert an effect on FM. Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of WBC for the control of pain and impact of disease in FM. For this we run an open, randomized, crossover trial of Cryosense TCT (TM) cabin vs rest. Patients with FM according to ACR criteria were recruited consecutively from general practices. Trial endpoints were change (triangle) in pain after 2 and 4weeks, measured by a visual analogue scale (VAS), triangle burden of disease, evaluated by the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), and severity of FM, measured by the Combined Index of Severity of Fibromyalgia (ICAF). Within group differences, sequence and period effects were tested with Student's t or Mann-Whitney U tests. Multiple linear regression models were used to adjust effect by baseline differences between groups. Sixty patients were included in the trial. A period effect was noted, with residual effect of WBC; therefore, only results from the first sequence were analysed. triangle VAS pain, triangle FIQ and triangle ICAF scores were significantly larger in the WBC group after the first period (3.0 vs 0.3 in triangle VAS pain; 32.1 vs 0.4 in triangle FIQ; 13.7 vs 0.07 in triangle ICAF; all p < 0.001), and were confirmed after adjustment. In conclusion, WBC with a Cryosense TCT cabin may be a useful adjuvant therapy for FM; further studies on long-term effect and compared to other physical therapies are warranted.
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