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eCAM Advance Access published online on September 3, 2009
eCAM, doi:10.1093/ecam/nep125
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© The Author(s) 2009. Published by Oxford University Press.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Influence of Craniosacral Therapy on Anxiety, Depression and Quality of Life in Patients with Fibromyalgia

Guillermo A. Matarán-Peñarrocha1, Adelaida María Castro-Sánchez2, Gloria Carballo García3, Carmen Moreno-Lorenzo1, Tesifón Parrón Carreño4 and María Dolores Onieva Zafra5

1La Vega Sanitary District (Andalusian Health Public Service), Department of Physical Therapy, University of Granada, 2Department of Physical Therapy, University of Almería, 3Department of Psychology, University of Granada, 4Department of Neurosciences, University of Almería and 5Department of Nursing and Physical Therapy, University of Almería (UAL), Spain

Fibromyalgia is considered as a combination of physical, psychological and social disabilities. The causes of pathologic mechanism underlying fibromyalgia are unknown, but fibromyalgia may lead to reduced quality of life. The objective of this study was to analyze the repercussions of craniosacral therapy on depression, anxiety and quality of life in fibromyalgia patients with painful symptoms. An experimental, double-blind longitudinal clinical trial design was undertaken. Eighty-four patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia were randomly assigned to an intervention group (craniosacral therapy) or placebo group (simulated treatment with disconnected ultrasound). The treatment period was 25 weeks. Anxiety, pain, sleep quality, depression and quality of life were determined at baseline and at 10 min, 6 months and 1-year post-treatment. State anxiety and trait anxiety, pain, quality of life and Pittsburgh sleep quality index were significantly higher in the intervention versus placebo group after the treatment period and at the 6-month follow-up. However, at the 1-year follow-up, the groups only differed in the Pittsburgh sleep quality index. Approaching fibromyalgia by means of craniosacral therapy contributes to improving anxiety and quality of life levels in these patients.

Keywords: chronic fatigue syndrome – experimental study – nonblinded randomized controlled trial(s)

For reprints and all correspondence: Guillermo A. Matarán Peñarrocha. C/Fresador no 20-3°C, Almería, CP 04009, Spain. Tel: +34-95-001-4146; Fax: +34-95-001-5603; E-mail: lemur{at}correo.ugr.es

Received May 19, 2009; accepted July 22, 2009


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