PMID: 31370034Aug 2, 2019Paper

How Does Yoga Work on Pain Dimensions? An Integrated Perspective in 2 Individuals With Fibromyalgia

Advances in Mind-body Medicine
Martina ChiusalupiAntonella Ciaramella

Abstract

The effectiveness of yoga has been studied in fibromyalgia (FM) using improvement in its 5 key dimensions-pain, quality of life, sleep, depression, and disability-as outcome measures. Studies have demonstrated an improvement in the psychosocial dimensions of pain after yoga practice, but these findings failed to reach statistical significance. Although studies have shown the efficacy of yoga in the modulation of pain, no study has yet investigated how it acts on each dimension of pain. The study intended to investigate the dimensions of pain-sensory, evaluative, and/or affective-and which psychological comorbidities-anxiety and/or depression-that Hatha yoga affects in individuals with FM. The research team performed 2 case studies. The study occurred at the GIFT Institute of Integrative Medicine (Pisa, Italy). Participants were 2 patients at the institute who had FM. At baseline (T0), participants were prescribed 8 mo of pharmacological treatment. At 2 mo after baseline (T1), they participated in an 8-h, mind-body, psychoeducational course (PEC) for self-management of chronic pain. Each participant was contacted by phone every week for 2 mo after the PEC (ie, until 4 mo from baseline (T2). For the next 2 mo, participants had no...Continue Reading

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