Study of fibromyalgic patients treated by the structural integration Rolfing® method / Estudo de pacientes com síndrome fibromiálgica tratados pelo método Rolfing® de integração estrutural

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

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Introduction: The Structural Integration Rolfing® is a method which considers the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and social aspects of the individual. It consists of a series of ten sessions of deep manual therapy (myofascial release) applied to the elastic structure of the loose connective tissue (myofascial) of the body and also of a reeducation of movements. Objectives: to verify the impact of the Rolfing® method in the modification of the different parts of the physical structure of fibromyalgic patients and the treatment of pain, and improvement of fatigue, disposition to carry out prolonged daily tasks, sleep, stress levels, depression and self-awareness. Patients and methods: thirty patients were treated with ten sessions of Rolfing® at the Pain Center of the Neurological Clinic of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo while maintaining their previous routine ambulatory treatment. Verbal Numerical Analogic Pain Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Graphic for Appreciation of the Own Body, Graphic of Symptoms and Experimental Questionnaire were all used for the evaluation of the patients, before, at the end of and three months after the end of the treatment. The intensity and frequency of pain episodes, disposition, physical limitations, quality of sleep, anxiety and depression were analysed. Conclusions: the Structural Integration Rolfing® method improved the clinical condition and the quality of life of the majority of the patients treated.

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rolfing® pain fibromialgia dor fibromyalgia rolfing®

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