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In a related study, a research team found that patients can experience less pain or be pain-free with a combination of customized Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and exercise training, geared to a situation of no pain. This can be achieved in an early stage soon after diagnosis.
In order to achieve these results, the team assessed the effects of their approach in a randomized controlled trial. They compared patients in a Waiting List Control condition (WLC) with those in a Treatment Condition (TC) to show improvements in the overall effect of fibromyalgia and in physical and mental functioning.
Participants were divided into two groups: a pain-avoidance group comprising 84 high-risk patients and a pain-persistence group comprising 74 high-risk patients. Later, they were randomized to either the WLC or the TC. There were 16 treatment sessions of CBT and exercise training, each geared to the patient's individual cognitive behavioral pattern, done over a 10-week period. Physical and mental functioning and the effects of fibromyalgia were evaluated at various stages--baseline, post-treatment and a six-month follow-up.
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