Os efeitos da prática regular da exercícios resistidos para a prevenção de dores e depressão em mulheres com fibromialgia

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the effects of regular weight training for the prevention of the main symptoms of the fibromyalgia syndrome. Method: A bibliographic review of clinical studies was carried out in the SCIELO and GOOGLE ACADEMIC databases, from 2012 to 2020.Results: After the search, 120 articles were found, of which 51 were discarded following the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 18 were not used because they dealt with another type of therapeutic intervention, 10 because they addressed other muscle pathologies and 23 dealt with fibromyalgia from other perspectives. Conclusions: After the studies and research, we concluded that the regular practice of bodybuilding can be adopted as a treatment method for patients with fibromyalgia syndrome, bringing benefits such as improved physical conditioning, decreasing pain thresholds caused by fibromyalgia, quality of sleep, improvements in mood, it was effective in depression rates, decreasing fatigue and muscle stiffness, and improving the quality of life of these patients.