Effects of Dance on Pain in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 4

Effects of dance interventions on pain.

Study/Year	Instrument	Measurement range	Sample		Activity		CG				EG				P	Effect on CG	Effect on EG	Found Effect	Effect Size
			n CG	n EG	CG	EG	Mean Pre-T	SD	Mean Post-T	SD	Mean Pre-T	SD	Mean Post-T	SD
Bojner-Horwit, E. et al 2003	VAS	0-10	16	20	None	DMT	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	D
Bojner-Horwit, E. et al 2006	VAS	0-10	16	20	None	DMT	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	D
	Global Assessment of Well-being and Pain	0-5	16	20	None	DMT	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	A
Carbonell-Baeza, A. et al 2010	Algometer EFFEGI, FPK 20, Italy)	0-90	32	27	None	Biodance	50.3	1.77	47.29	1.91	48.38	1.94	53.39	2.08	A	-3.01	5.01	8.02	4.33
	Algometer EFFEGI, FPK 20, Italy)	0-18	32	27	None	Biodance	16.16	0.38	16.38	0.46	16.77	0.42	15.32	0.5	A	0.22	-1.45	-1.67	-4.18
	FIQ	0-10	32	27	None	Biodance	7.3	0.3	8	0.3	6.9	0.4	6.1	0.3	AB	0.7	-0.8	-1.5	-4.29
Lopez- Rodriguez, M.M. et al 2012	VAS	0-10	20	19	Stretch.	Aquatic Biodance	8.3	0.73	7.95	1.19	7.16	2.34	5.42	2.19	B	-0.35	-1.74	-1.39	-0.22
	Questionnaire McGill - Melzack	0-78	20	19	Stretch.	Aquatic Biodance	39.7	8.31	35.25	4.88	39.58	3.3	28.68	6.69	B	-4.45	-10.9	-6.45	-0.22
	Algometer Wagner FPI 10 – USA		20	19	Stretch.	Aquatic Biodance
	FIQ	0-10	20	19	Stretch.	Aquatic Biodance	7.07	1.8	6.69	1.75	7.2	1.68	5.33	2.12	A	-0.38	-1.87	-1.49	-0.28
Carbonell-Baeza, A. et al 2012	Algometer (FPK 20; Effegi, Alfonsine, Italy)	0-90	18	13	Multid.	Biodance	44.55	2.3	50.26	2.76	48.8	3.09	56.05	3.71	D	5.71	7.25	1.54	0.57
	Algometer (FPK 20; Effegi, Alfonsine, Italy)	0-18	18	13	Multid.	Biodance	17.02	0.43	15.83	0.82	16.36	0.58	13.8	1.1	D	-1.19	-2.56	-1.37	-2.75
	SF- 36	0-100	18	13	Multid.	Biodance	18.6	3	32.7	4.8	23.7	3.8	30	6.1	D	14.1	6.3	-7.8	-2.32
	FIQ	0-10	18	13	Multid.	Biodance	7.9	0.4	6.3	0.4	8.2	0.6	6.4	0.5	D	-1.6	-1.8	-0.2	-0.40
Baptista, A.S. et al 2012	VAS	0-10	37	38	None	Belly Dance	7.5	1.3	7.3	1.7	7.7	1.7	4.7	2.6	A	-0.2	-3	-2.8	-1.84
	SF-36	0-100	37	38	None	Belly Dance	25.7	13.4	29.1	21.1	29.6	17.5	46	19.2	A	3.4	16.4	13	0.83
Lopez-Rodriguez, M.M. et al 2013	VAS	0-10	30	29	Stretch.	Aquatic Biodance	7.77	1.1	7.33	1.3	7.17	1.8	5.17	2.1	AB	-0.44	-2	-1.56	-0.27
	Questionnaire McGill - Melzack	0-78	30	29	Stretch.	Aquatic Biodance	39.43	8.2	37.2	6.2	39.28	3.3	29.97	6.7	AB	-2.23	-9.31	-7.08	-0.25
	Algometer Wagner FPI 10 – USA	0-18	30	29	Stretch.	Aquatic Biodance	14.7	3.4	13.63	2.6	14.72	3.9	9.66	4.2	AB	-1.07	-5.06	-3.99	-0.36
	FIQ	0-10	30	29	Stretch.	Aquatic Biodance	7.7	1.2	7.8	1.1	6.93	1.9	5.45	1.8	AB	0.1	-1.48	-1.58	-0.27

EG: experimental group; CG: control group; n: sample size; SD: standard deviation T: test; P: P-value; VAS: visual analog scale; FIQ: fibromyalgia impact questionnaire; NR: not reported; N/A: not applicable; A: significant changes of experimental group versus control group; B: changes in experimental group; C: changes in group control; D: no significant changes; Multid.: multidisciplinary; Stretch.: stretching; DMT: Dance Movement Therapy.