Effect of walking on sleep patterns of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome

Introduction: The fibromyalgia syndrome is characterized for cronic pain and poor sleep quality and the physical exercises help in the treatment. Objectives: To investigate the effects of walking on sleep in patients with fibromyalgia. Methods: Participated 11 patients mean age 54 ±7.35 years. We us...

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Autores: Pasqua, Luana Della, Steffens, Ricardo de Azevedo Klumb, Viana, Maick da Silveira, Brandt, Ricardo, Vilarino, Guilherme Torres, Andrade, Alexandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE)
Repositorio:Revista Conscientiae Saúde (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.uninove.br:article/3622
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/3622
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Exercise
Fibromyalgia
Sleep.
Exercício
Fibromialgia
Sono.
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Sumario:Introduction: The fibromyalgia syndrome is characterized for cronic pain and poor sleep quality and the physical exercises help in the treatment. Objectives: To investigate the effects of walking on sleep in patients with fibromyalgia. Methods: Participated 11 patients mean age 54 ±7.35 years. We used the Socio-demographic and Clinical Questionnaire and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. A descriptive and inferential analysis of the data was conducted, and the Wilcoxon test to detect differences in sleep quality (p