Effect of Low-impact Aerobic Exercise and Music Therapy in Fibromyalgia

Intervention consists in working the muscles which are mostly affected by fibromyalgia through group exercises, which are dynamic, smooth and aim functionality. Each session consists of 60 minutes with 3 parts: initial warming up time, main part through games, group dynamics and pure aerobic workout, and final cool down with stretching. This exercise is done to the rhythm of melodic music, adapted to the tastes of the participants and also adapted on the way to perform the exercise. For this, they were shown a list of 100 music compositions from which participants choose a minimum of 20 preferences. All exercises are performed with proper postural control both dissociated and global and within a framework of therapeutic proprioceptive gymnastics.

Low-impact aerobic exercise. Then intervention is like the previous group but with the difference that physical activity is not performed to the rhythm of chosen melodic music. Therefore, exercises are done with general chill-out music throughout the session, without adaptation of the exercise to the music.

With this group no intervention is done, but they are assessed like the other groups.