Breathing and attention training for fibromyalgia pain
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Brain & nervous system clinical trials.
This study tests whether breathing and attention exercises can change how your body controls pain in people with fibromyalgia. It may help you learn non-medication ways to influence pain signals and improve comfort.
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Who can take part
- You have a fibromyalgia diagnosis and your pain has lasted more than 6 months
- You meet the 1990 fibromyalgia diagnostic criteria (as your clinician documented)
- You must be willing to be in the study either as a fibromyalgia participant or as a pain-free healthy control
- You do not have a personal or family history of photosensitive epilepsy (seizures triggered by light)
- You have no prior history of cancer or diabetes
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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