Medium-/Long-Term Effects of a Specific Exercise Protocol Combined with Patient Education on Spine Mobility, Chronic Fatigue, Pain, Aerobic Fitness and Level of Disability in Fibromyalgia

Table 2

Demographic characteristics of the two groups.

Characteristics	Experimental group (𝑛=20)	Control group (𝑛=12)
Age, mean ± SD, years	52.8 ± 10.6	51.3±6.3
Female/male	19/1	11/1
Duration of FM related symptoms before diagnosis, mean ± SD, years	7.6±8.8	7.1±5.2
Married/cohabiting, %	90.2	92.3
BMI %	24.3	23.4
Employed, % yes/no	65.1/34.9	67.4/32.6

BMI: body mass index; FM: fibromyalgia; SD: standard deviation.