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Effects of an Aerobic Exercise Protocol Combined with Systemic Photobiomodulation on Pain, Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Functional Capacity in Women with Fibromyalgia: A Randomized, Blinded Clinical Trial
By Thatiane Izabele Ribeiro Santos, Cristiano Carvalho, Cassia Maria Campos Melo, Show 9 more authorsAna Cláudia Muniz Rennó
Preprint: trial in peopleInterventions
Abstract
Importance: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain syndrome that impairs physical function, quality of life, and cardiorespiratory fitness. Although exercise is recommended for its management, combining it with intravascular laser irradiation of blood (ILIB) may enhance its therapeutic effects.
The paper
Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Research Square, 23 Aug 2026, CC BY, Preprint, not peer-reviewed
