It tends to determine the effect of exercise directed by the physiotherapist, in Inflammatory Myopathies (IM). A review of original articles in English, Portuguese and Spanish available 2005-2015 without age or gender restriction was made mentioning the clinical effects, physiotherapeutic treatment methods and effect of the exercise on IM. A detailed description of the pathology and effects of the exercise was obtained for its treatment with a total of 192 articles reviewed. After reading and analyzing the titles and abstracts, 47 bibliographies were selected. Three entities were distinguished: dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM) and inclusion body myositis (IBM) on which there are beneficial effects of the exercise to improve the functionality and quality of life of the subjects.