Whole-Body Cryostimulation in Fibromyalgia - A follow up survey - Dataset

"Whole-Body Cryostimulation in Fibromyalgia - A follow up survey - Dataset" is the dataset we used for a research project involving the use of Whole-body cryostimulation in the tretament of patients with Fibromyalgia (FM) and obesity. Recent evidence suggests that whole-body cryostimulation (WBC) may be beneficial for patients with FM, but little is known about the duration of such effects. The purpose of this study was to verify the duration of clinical-functional benefits after one cycle of WBC. We conducted a follow-up study on the medium and long-term effects of WBC on well-being, use of pain-relieving/anti-inflammatory medications, pain level, fatigue, sleep quality, and psychological aspects such as mood and anxiety. Twelve months after discharge, we administered a 10-minute follow-up telephone interview with FM patients with obesity who had undergone ten 2-min WBC sessions at -110 °C as part of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program (n=23) and with patients who had undergone rehabilitation alone (n=23). Both groups reported positive changes after the rehabilitation program, similar regarding fatigue, mood, and anxiety scores; however, the implementation of ten sessions of WBC over two weeks produced longer additional benefits in pain, general well-being status, and sleep quality, with beneficial effects lasting 3-4 months. Therefore, our findings suggest that adding WBC to a rehabilitation program could exert stronger positive effects to improve key aspects of FM such as general well-being, pain level, and sleep quality.

These data cannot be made publicly available as including sensitive information, but can be made avalilable upon reasonable request of the interested researchers to the Corresponding Author. Requests can be addressed to Dr. Jacopo Maria Fontana ([e-mail]).