Effects of Concurrent Strength and Endurance Training on Physical Fitness and Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women With Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Controlled Trial Heli Valkeinen, PhD, Markku Alén, MD, PhD, Arja Häkkinen, PhD, Pekka Hannonen, MD, PhD, Katriina Kukkonen-Harjula, MD, PhD, Keijo Häkkinen, PhD Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 89, Issue 9, Pages 1660-1666 (September 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.022 Copyright © 2008 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Flow of subject participation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2008 89, 1660-1666DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.022) Copyright © 2008 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 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. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2008 89, 1660-1666DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.022) Copyright © 2008 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 (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. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2008 89, 1660-1666DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.022) Copyright © 2008 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions