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Muscle Strength in Fibromyalgia Syndrome

Relationships between the fibromyalgia impact questionnaire, tender point count, and muscle strength in female patients with fibromyalgia: a cohort study

Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Jun 15;61(6):732-9.

Fibromyalgia Symptoms and Tai Chi Chuan Exercise

Effects of T’ai Chi exercise on fibromyalgia symptoms and health-related quality of life
Orthop Nurs. 2003 Sep-Oct;22(5):353-60.

Fibromyalgia Exercise and Stretching

Can stretching exercises help people with fibromyalgia syndrome by decreasing pain and improving quality of life? Does laser therapy combined with stretching exercises help patients with fibromyalgia symptoms?

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Dysfunctional Cardiopulmonary Oxygen Delivery in Fibromyalgia

Effect of aerobic exercise training on oxygen uptake and kinetics in patients with fibromyalgia

Exercise was performed three times per week for eight weeks in 21 sedentary women with fibromyalgia syndrome. Oxygen delivery to the whole body and to the muscular micro-circulation by the cardiopulmonary system may be dysfunctional in people with fibromyalgia syndrome.

Rheumatol Int. 2009 Sep 26.

Advances in fibromyalgia management

Can the central nervous system be targeted in the pharmacological treatment of fibromyalgia? The central nervous system (CNS) is part of the nervous system and it regulates the activity of the body.

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Aerobic exercise in fibromyalgia review

Does aerobic exercise help fibromyalgia? Here is more information about fibromyalgia and exercise from a recent review.

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Fibromyalgia Exercise Pain Threshold with Isometrics

Isometric exercise has opposite effects on central pain mechanisms in fibromyalgia patients compared to normal controls

Pain. 2005 Nov;118(1-2):176-84.

Fibromyalgia, Whole-body Vibration Exercise

Six weeks of whole-body vibration exercise improves pain and fatigue in women with fibromyalgia

J Altern Complement Med. 2008 Oct;14(8):975-81.