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Resistance Training Improves Quality of Life and Associated Factors in Patients With Fibromyalgia Syndrome
Author(s) -
Andrade Alexandro,
Sieczkowska Sofia M.,
Vilarino Guilherme T.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pmandr
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.617
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1934-1563
pISSN - 1934-1482
DOI - 10.1016/j.pmrj.2018.09.032
Subject(s) - medicine , beck anxiety inventory , quality of life (healthcare) , fibromyalgia , anxiety , physical therapy , beck depression inventory , depression (economics) , mann–whitney u test , clinical trial , psychiatry , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
Patients with primary symptoms of fibromyalgia (FM) have a lower quality of life than healthy people of the same age. The current treatment for FM is palliative, as there is no cure. Therefore, among strategies used to alleviate the symptoms, physical exercise has been recommended.