• José Cortez Assunção Júnior, Hugo Jario de Almeida Silva, José Felipe Costa da Silva, Rafaela da Silva Cruz, Caio Alano de Almeida Lins, and Marcelo Cardoso de Souza.
• Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairi (FACISA/UFRN), Santa Cruz, RN, Brazil.
• J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2018 Apr 1; 22 (2): 455-459.

IntroductionThe importance of physical exercise for patients with fibromyalgia (FM) is very clear in the literature. Dancing is a type of aerobic exercise that has great acceptance. In addition to the beneficial effects of aerobic exercise, Zumba works on motor coordination and also has socializing as a part that should be included in patients with fibromyalgia.ObjectivesTo evaluate the effectiveness of Zumba dancing in improving pain, functional capacity, quality of sleep and quality of life of women with fibromyalgia.DesignA pre-post treatment design.MethodsWe evaluated 19 women with fibromyalgia, selected by convenience. Data were collected in the second half of 2016. Zumba dancing was performed twice a week for 12 weeks. Patients were evaluated at week 0 (T0) and at week 12 (T12), by the following instruments: VAS (Visual Analogic Scale), Likert Scale, TUG (Timed Up an Go Test), 6MWT (Six-minute Walk Test), FIQ (Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire), PSQI (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index), ESS (Epworth Sleepiness Scale) and SF-36 quality of life.ResultsWe found differences in pain (VAST0 = 6.21 and VAST12 = 4.53) with p = 0.001 and in the domain physical functioning of SF36 (T0 = 42.37 and T12 = 52.11) with p = 0.04. No differences were found for the other variables between the times.ConclusionZumba dancing as a form of treatment for three months for patients with fibromyalgia was effective in improving pain and physical functioning. Future controlled and randomized clinical trials should be performed to improve the evidence of Zumba dancing in women with fibromyalgia.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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