Balance deficiencies in women with fibromyalgia assessed using computerised dynamic posturography: a cross-sectional study in Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Our aims were (1) to compare the sensory organisation of balance control and balance strategies between women with fibromyalgia (FM) and healthy women; (2) to investigate which sensory component, that is, vestibular, visual or somato-sensory, is the most affected in FM and (3) to determine the associations between the functional independence measure (FIM) and balance responses in FM.

Design

Cross-sectional observational study.

Setting

Urban regional hospital and university (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain).

Participants

Twenty women with FM and 20 matched healthy women.

Primary/secondary outcome measures

The sensory organisation test (SOT) was used to determine postural sway and balance during six different conditions with subjects

SUBMITTER: Perez-de-Heredia-Torres M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5642772 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature