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                                                                <journal-id>ksü sağlık bilimleri dergisi</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">3062-3669</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="en">
                                                            <subject>Physiotherapy</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Fizyoterapi</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>EFFECTIVENESS OF WATSU APPLICATION IN PATIENTS WITH FIBROMYALGIA</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>FİBROMİYALJİLİ HASTALARDA WATSU UYGULAMASININ ETKİNLİĞİ</article-title>
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                                                    <contrib-group content-type="authors">
                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6420-2267</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Göğremiş</surname>
                                    <given-names>Mehmet</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0644-8514</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Danışman</surname>
                                    <given-names>Faruk</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>KAHRAMANMARAŞ SÜTÇÜ İMAM ÜNİVERSİTESİ, KAHRAMANMARAŞ SAĞLIK HİZMETLERİ MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULU</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4010-2557</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Çözvelioğlu</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ersin</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>KAHRAMANMARAŞ SÜTÇÜ İMAM ÜNİVERSİTESİ, KAHRAMANMARAŞ SAĞLIK HİZMETLERİ MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULU</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20250421">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>21</month>
                    <year>2025</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>1</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>4</fpage>
                                        <lpage>11</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250328">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>28</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20250409">
                        <day>04</day>
                        <month>09</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2025, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <trans-abstract xml:lang="en">
                            <p>Objective: This study was designed to examine the effectiveness of Watsu in fibromyalgia patients. Method: Studies to be included in the research were identified using the keywords &quot;fibromyalgia&quot; and &quot;Watsu&quot; from studies conducted between 2004 and 2024, searched in databases such as Google Scholar, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, and Dergipark. Findings: The sample of the intervention studies included fibromyalgia patients treated with Watsu, ranging from a minimum of 5 to a maximum of 17 participants. The study found that Watsu had positive effects on pain, quality of life, and depressive symptoms in fibromyalgia patients.Conclusion and Recommendations: The results demonstrate that the Watsu method has significant therapeutic outcomes in fibromyalgia patients. However, there is a noticeable lack of new studies, especially randomized controlled clinical trials, to confirm its effectiveness and strengthen the evidence.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Amaç: Bu çalışma, Watsu&#039;nun fibromiyalji hastalarındaki etkinliğini incelemektir amacıyla planlanmıştır. Yöntem: Araştırmaya dâhil edilecek çalışmaların belirlenmesi &quot;fibromyalgia&quot; ve &quot;Watsu&quot; anahtar kelimeleri kullanılarak 2004-2024 yılları arasında yapılan çalışmalardan, Google Akademik, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus ve Dergipark veri tabanlarında yapılmıştır. Bulgular: İncelemeye alınan müdahale çalışmaların örneklemini min5-max.17 Watsu uygulamasıyla tedavi edilen fibromiyalji hastaları oluşturmuştur. Çalışma sonucunda Watsu uygulamasının fibromiyaljili hastalarda ağrı, yaşam kalitesi ve depresif semptomlar üzerinde olumlu etkileri olduğu görülmüştür.  Sonuç ve Öneriler: Sonuçlar; Watsu yönteminin fibromiyaljili hastalarda büyük terapötik sonuçlara sahip olduğu gösterilmektedir. Ancak, etkinliğini doğrulamak ve kanıtları güçlendirmek amacıyla yeni çalışmaların, özellikle randomize kontrollü klinik denemelerin eksikliği fark edilmektedir.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Fibromiyalji</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Watsu</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Ağrı Yönetimi</kwd>
                                            </kwd-group>
                            
                                                <kwd-group xml:lang="en">
                                                    <kwd>Fibromyalgia</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Watsu</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Pain Management</kwd>
                                            </kwd-group>
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