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Active Comparator: Self-care group / Experimental: Active care group / Fibromyalgia, Primary · Interventional Study
ClinicalTrials.gov · September 10, 2026
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This is a completed registration for a small, single-blinded randomized trial of telehealth-guided stretching versus self-guided stretching in 28 women with fibromyalgia during COVID-19. No results are posted in this registry entry, so the efficacy or safety of the intervention cannot be assessed from this source.
Interventional, Randomized, Parallel, Single masking, Treatment purpose. Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia, Primary; Female; age from 30 Years; to 60 Years. Intervention: Active care group. Compared with: Self-care group — Active Comparator. n = 28. 1 site: Brazil.
This is a completed registration for a small, single-blinded randomized trial of telehealth-guided stretching versus self-guided stretching in 28 women with fibromyalgia during COVID-19. No results are posted in this registry entry, so the efficacy or safety of the intervention cannot be assessed from this source.
No results are posted in this registry record; efficacy, safety, and outcomes are unknown.
Until results are published, this registry entry provides only the study protocol and design. Clinicians cannot yet determine whether telehealth-guided stretching offers advantage over self-guided exercise for fibromyalgia management during pandemic restrictions.
This is a completed registry record for a small single-blinded RCT (N=28) in fibromyalgia testing a telehealth stretching intervention, but no results are posted in this registry entry, so the evidence base cannot yet be assessed.
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Until results are published, this registry entry provides only the study protocol and design. Clinicians cannot yet determine whether telehealth-guided stretching offers advantage over self-guided exercise for fibromyalgia management during pandemic restrictions.
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Registry record from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04690400). This is a study registration, not published results. Lead sponsor: Federal University of Pelotas. Recruitment status: COMPLETED. Phase: NA. Study type: INTERVENTIONAL. Enrollment: 28 participants (ACTUAL). Conditions: Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia, Primary. Interventions: OTHER: Experimental: Active care group; OTHER: Active Comparator: Self-care group. Primary outcome measures: Changes in the Widespread Pain Index , Zero week, six week, and twelve week; Changes in Sleep Quality , Zero week, six week, and twelve week. Brief summary: This study is a randomized, single-blinded, parallel, superiority, controlled trial. The main objective is to verify the effects of a telehealth stretching exercise program on pain, depression, sleep parameters and functionality of women with fibromyalgia, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Participants will be women with primary fibromyalgia, seen at public and private health services, in the region south of Brazil. Participants will be recruited through social networks, newspapers and support from the National Association of Fibromyalgia and Correlated Diseases (Anfibro). Eligible participants will be randomized, stratified by age (30 to 45; 46 to 60), and allocated to one of the two groups, experimental or control. The experimental group will receive a telehealth stretching exercise program twice a week (guided by a professional) and counseling guide to stretching exercises with explanatory video regarding the execution of the protocol proposed by the guide. The total duration of exercise program will be 40 minutes (will be 12 exercise, 3 sets of each stretching for 10 seconds, carried out individually by a video call application - WhatsApp). The control group will receive only counseling guide to stretching exercises with explanatory video regarding the execution of the protocol. Both interventions will last 12 weeks, with outcomes evaluations in three moments: baseline (week 0), midpoint (week 6) and after the intervention (week 13). The following outcomes will be evaluated: generalized index of pain, fatigue and severity of symptoms, depression, level of physical activity, functionality, quality of life and sleep. All outcomes will be evaluated by questionnaires self-completed, that will be answered on Google Docs by video call, with exception of functional test that will be applied by video call. The study's hypothesis consists of improving outcomes for both groups, but with superiority for the experimental group.
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