Agradecimentos: The authors wish to thank the grants provided by Padre Anchieta University Center (025/2015). We would like to thank Espaço da Escrita, General Coordination of the University UNICAMP, for the language services provided. This study is part of a Scientific Initiation program conducted by Felipe Rodrigues Oliveira and supervised by Dr. Danilo Roberto X. de O. Crege. Part of these results were presented in the World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress - 2015, as a research reported poster. The authors declare that they have no competing interests Ver menos

We investigate the effects of a massage therapy program (MTP) in cortisol concentration (CC), intensity of pain, quality of life and perceived stress index of fibromyalgia patients. Volunteers (n = 24, aged 26-55 years) were treated with MT, twice a week for three months. They answered the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) and McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ-Br), and collected saliva to evaluate CC before and after the end of each month. The MT had improvement in quality of life, according to the FIQ results, and promoted reduction in PSQ values after the second (PSQ2-0.62 +/- 0.04vsPSQ0-0.71 +/- 0.04) and third month (PSQ3-0.64 +/- 0.04vsPSQ0-0.71 +/- 0.04). The MTP also promoted reduction in pain after the third month (MQP-Br1-44.50 +/- 2.15vsMQP-Br4-35.38 +/- 3.71). Despite PSQ reduction, the CC were not affected by the program. This pilot suggests that this treatment improved quality of life, reduced perceived stress index and pain in these volunteers Ver menos