Multimodal physical therapy for treating primary and secondary fibromyalgia - German multimodal rheumatologic complex treatment

Multimodal rheumatologic complex therapy (MRCT) delivers various modalities of physical therapy (PT) to patients with rheumatic diseases. We conducted a monocentric retrospective analysis of the effects of MRCT on pain and disease activity in patients with primary (PFM) and secondary fibromyalgia (S...

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Published in:European journal of physiotherapy 2022-05, Vol.24 (3), p.158-163
Main Authors: Klemm, Philipp, Hudowenz, Ole, Asendorf, Thomas, Dischereit, Gabriel, Müller-Ladner, Ulf, Lange, Uwe, Tarner, Ingo H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
fibromyalgia
fibromyalgia impact questionnaire
Multimodal rheumatologic complex therapy
non-pharmacologic treatment
pain
physical therapy
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Summary:Multimodal rheumatologic complex therapy (MRCT) delivers various modalities of physical therapy (PT) to patients with rheumatic diseases. We conducted a monocentric retrospective analysis of the effects of MRCT on pain and disease activity in patients with primary (PFM) and secondary fibromyalgia (SFM). 102 treatment episodes (N) applied to 83 patients (n) with PFM (N = 50; n = 39) and SFM (N = 52, n = 44) were analysed. Of the latter, 23 had rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 21 spondyloarthritis (SpA). We evaluated changes in pain intensity, functional status and disease activity before and after a MRCT episode. In addition, we assessed influences of various patient characteristics and analysed treatment responses in PFM and SFM. MRCT resulted in significant reduction of pain (NRS, p 
ISSN:2167-9169
2167-9177
DOI:10.1080/21679169.2020.1821767