Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Treating Fibromyalgia Pain With Shock-Waves: a Randomized Study
Brief Summary:
Fibromyalgia pain syndrome is a common debilitating condition which associates mainly generalised pain, emotional distress and cognitive symptoms. The etiology is unknown, and no specific treatment exists so far.
Lately, shock-waves have been used successfully to treat painful skeletal muscle, tendons and fascia, the investigators therefore hypothesize that shock-waves could be useful in alleviating Fibromyalgia pain.
Two similar groups of participants bearing the condition will be prospectively compared.
The first group will benefit from the application of shock-waves weekly for 12 weeks, the second will not.
The investigators intend to study if there is any difference in pain and quality of life between the two groups at the end of the three months.