Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 9 , Pages 1660-1666 , September 2008

Effects of Concurrent Strength and Endurance Training on Physical Fitness and Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women With Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Heli Valkeinen, PhD

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    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Heli Valkeinen, PhD, Dept of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, PO Box 35, FIN-40 014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Markku Alén, MD, PhD

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    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Arja Häkkinen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Pekka Hannonen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Katriina Kukkonen-Harjula, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
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  • Keijo Häkkinen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biology of Physical Activity and Neuromuscular Research Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

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    Relative increase in the concentric leg extension force (mean percent ± SD) during the 21-week concurrent strength and endurance training period in women with fibromyalgia. Abbreviations: FMC, control

    Relative increase in the concentric leg extension force (mean percent ± SD) during the 21-week concurrent strength and endurance training period in women with fibromyalgia. Abbreviations: FMC, control group; FMT, training group. *P<.05 between the groups.

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    (A) Maximal walking and (B) stair-climbing time (mean seconds with 95% confidence intervals) at baseline and at week 21 in the fibromyalgia training (FMT) and control (FMC) group. *P<.01 and †P<.001 w

    (A) Maximal walking and (B) stair-climbing time (mean seconds with 95% confidence intervals) at baseline and at week 21 in the fibromyalgia training (FMT) and control (FMC) group. *P<.01 and †P<.001 within group; ‡P<.001 between groups.

 Supported by the Ministry of Education of Finland and Peurunka-Medical Rehabilitation Foundation, Laukaa, Finland.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00394-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.022

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 9 , Pages 1660-1666 , September 2008

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