Dance movement psychotherapy for patients with fibromyalgia syndrome

Endrizzi, Cristina; Pietrantonj, Carlo Di; D’Amico, Gabriella; Pasetti, Marco; Bartoletti, Luigi; Boccalon, Roberto

doi:10.1080/17432979.2017.1290685

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“…Most studies followed a randomized control trial design that improves the reliability of the findings. In terms of outcomes, although in most cases physical pain was reduced, no effects of psychotherapeutic intervention could be established [22,23,26,28,29,32]. On the other hand, five studies found significant differences by the end of the treatment [27,30] and up to 3-month [24,31] and 12-month follow-ups [25].…”

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Psychotherapy for Physical Pain in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review

Gómez-de-Regil

Estrella-Castillo

2020

Pain Research and Management

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Objective. To provide a brief and comprehensive summary of the recent evidence from clinical trials testing psychotherapeutic interventions in patients with fibromyalgia with particular interest in their possible effect on physical pain. Methods. Bibliographical search was performed in PubMed, PsycInfo, Web of Science, Scopus, and Cochrane Library databases. Content of the manuscripts was studied to obtain, if available, the following information: year of publication, location of the research team, design, type of psychotherapeutic intervention tested, pain measures, and a brief description of the psychotherapy, groups, and outcomes regarding physical pain. Results. Initial search eliciting 475 citations got reduced to 13 relevant papers. Most research studies from Spain (n = 8) are randomized control trials (n = 10) and used guided imagery (n = 5) or cognitive behavioral therapy (n = 4). The Visual Analogue Scale (n = 4) and the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (n = 4) were the physical pain measures mostly used. Improvements on physical pain were reported on all studies with published results; nevertheless, only in five cases, differences were significant. Conclusions. Evidence on the effect of psychotherapy on physical pain in patients with FS was divergent; though most studies report a reduction in pain, this was not always lasting and/or significant. Diversity of the results might be due to the selected psychotherapeutic approaches, assessment tools, and other internal (e.g., personality traits, (sub)clinical psychiatric symptoms, and treatment adherence) and external (e.g., family environment and social support) variables worth to be considered in the future research.

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“…CBT assumes that negative emotions result from dysfunctional ideas framed by the person's system of beliefs. erefore, CBT interventions guide the patients to identify those distorted beliefs that may influence the Original research [22] Psychotherapeutic Intervention. Dance movement psychotherapy (DMP).…”

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Psychotherapy for Physical Pain in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review

Gómez-de-Regil

Estrella-Castillo

2020

Pain Research and Management

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“…No studies assessed adverse events systematically, and narrative reports were included in few instances [ 41 , 46 , 50 , 52 ], generally relating to an acute increase in pain (see Multimedia Appendix 5 ). The number of withdrawals was reported in nine studies [ 22 , 39 , 41 , 44 - 46 , 50 , 51 , 55 ].…”

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“…Participants who were taken medications needed to be on a stable course of pharmacological treatment before starting the intervention, and have no contraindications for physical activity (eg, uncontrolled hypertension). The inclusion criteria of one study specified that participants needed to meet the criteria for depression [ 51 ]; two studies specified inclusion criteria for pain levels to be between 3-8 on a visual analog scale [ 23 , 51 ].…”

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Scoping Review of Dance for Adults With Fibromyalgia: What Do We Know About It?

Bidonde¹,

Boden²,

Kim³

et al. 2018

JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol

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BackgroundFibromyalgia is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread muscular tenderness, pain, fatigue, and cognitive difficulties. Nonpharmacological treatment options, such as physical activity, are important for people with fibromyalgia. There are strong recommendations to support engagement in physical activity for symptom management among adults with fibromyalgia. Dance is a mode of physical activity that may allow individuals with fibromyalgia to improve their physical function, health, and well-being. Dance has the potential to promote improved pain processing while simultaneously providing the health and social benefits of engaging in physical activity that contributes to symptom management and overall function rehabilitation. However, we are unaware of current evidence on dance as a nonpharmacological/physical activity intervention for adults with fibromyalgia.ObjectiveThe aims of this study were to understand how dance is used therapeutically by individuals with fibromyalgia; to examine the extent, range and nature of research activity in the area; and to determine the value of undertaking a systematic review of interventions.MethodsWe used and adapted the Arksey and O’Malley scoping framework. The search strategy involved a comprehensive search of main health and electronic social databases, trial registries and grey literature without language limits. Pairs of reviewers independently screened and extracted data and evaluated the methodological quality of randomized control trials.ResultsTwenty-one unique records for 13 studies met inclusion criteria; the studies included mostly middle-aged women. Types of dance included were aerobic dance, belly dance, dance movement therapy, biodanza and Zumba. Intervention parameters were different among studies. Frequency varied between one to three times a week; all were done in small group settings. Studies evaluated a variety of outcomes in the symptoms, wellness, psychosocial, physical functioning, balance and fitness categories; no studies evaluated the safety or adverse events systematically which is a major weakness of the literature.ConclusionsThere are few studies in the field of dance and fibromyalgia, suggesting research is in its infancy but slowly growing. They are of European and South American origin, focusing on female participants and a limited number of dance modes. Because the body of literature is small, of low quality and highly heterogeneous, we concluded that a systematic review of interventions on dance is not warranted at this time.

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“…In total, we screened 171 publications at title and abstract phase and excluded 133 not meeting the inclusion criteria. The full-text of 34 articles and four trial registry records were screened, and 21 records (ie, unique, companion, and trial registry records) for 13 studies were included [22][23][24][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56]. Of the four trial registry records, three were protocols for full-text publications [40,47,54] and one was for a study currently recruiting [48].…”

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Scoping review of dance for adults with fibromyalgia: What do we know about it?

Bidonde¹,

Boden²,

Kim³

et al. 2018

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Background: Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread muscular tenderness, pain, fatigue, and cognitive difficulties. Nonpharmacological treatment options, such as physical activity, are important for people with fibromyalgia. There are strong recommendations to support engagement in physical activity for symptom management among adults with fibromyalgia. Dance is a mode of physical activity that may allow individuals with fibromyalgia to improve their physical function, health, and well-being. Dance has the potential to promote improved pain processing while simultaneously providing the health and social benefits of engaging in physical activity that contributes to symptom management and overall function rehabilitation. However, we are unaware of current evidence on dance as a nonpharmacological/physical activity intervention for adults with fibromyalgia.Objective: The aims of this study were to understand how dance is used therapeutically by individuals with fibromyalgia; to examine the extent, range and nature of research activity in the area; and to determine the value of undertaking a systematic review of interventions. Methods:We used and adapted the Arksey and O'Malley scoping framework. The search strategy involved a comprehensive search of main health and electronic social databases, trial registries and grey literature without language limits. Pairs of reviewers independently screened and extracted data and evaluated the methodological quality of randomized control trials.Results: Twenty-one unique records for 13 studies met inclusion criteria; the studies included mostly middle-aged women. Types of dance included were aerobic dance, belly dance, dance movement therapy, biodanza and Zumba. Intervention parameters were different among studies. Frequency varied between one to three times a week; all were done in small group settings. Studies evaluated a variety of outcomes in the symptoms, wellness, psychosocial, physical functioning, balance and fitness categories; no studies evaluated the safety or adverse events systematically which is a major weakness of the literature. Conclusions:There are few studies in the field of dance and fibromyalgia, suggesting research is in its infancy but slowly growing. They are of European and South American origin, focusing on female participants and a limited number of dance modes. Because the body of literature is small, of low quality and highly heterogeneous, we concluded that a systematic review of interventions on dance is not warranted at this time.

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Dance movement psychotherapy for patients with fibromyalgia syndrome

Cited by 7 publications

References 33 publications

Psychotherapy for Physical Pain in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review

Psychotherapy for Physical Pain in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review

Scoping Review of Dance for Adults With Fibromyalgia: What Do We Know About It?

Scoping review of dance for adults with fibromyalgia: What do we know about it?

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