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Controlled, cross-sectional, multi-center study of physical capacity and associated factors in women with fibromyalgia.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Health and physical capacity are commonly associated with disease, age, and socioeconomic factors. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the degree to which physical capacity, defined as muscle strength and walking ability, is decreased in women with fibromyalgia (FM), as compared to healthy women, who are matched for age and level of education. The secondary aim was to investigate whether muscle strength and walking ability are associated with age, symptom duration, activity limitations and, Body Mass Index (BMI) in women with FM and control subjects. METHODS:This controlled, cross-sectional, multi-center study comprised 118 women with FM and 93 age- and education-level-matched healthy women. The outcome measures were isometric knee-extension force, isometric elbow-flexion force, isometric hand-grip force, and walking ability. Differences between the groups were calculated, and for the women with FM analyses of correlations between the measures of physical capacity and variables were performed. RESULTS:The women with FM showed 20% (p?

SUBMITTER: Larsson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5907704 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Controlled, cross-sectional, multi-center study of physical capacity and associated factors in women with fibromyalgia.

Larsson Anette A   Palstam Annie A   Bjersing Jan J   Löfgren Monika M   Ernberg Malin M   Kosek Eva E   Gerdle Björn B   Mannerkorpi Kaisa K  

BMC musculoskeletal disorders 20180419 1


<h4>Background</h4>Health and physical capacity are commonly associated with disease, age, and socioeconomic factors. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the degree to which physical capacity, defined as muscle strength and walking ability, is decreased in women with fibromyalgia (FM), as compared to healthy women, who are matched for age and level of education. The secondary aim was to investigate whether muscle strength and walking ability are associated with age, symptom du  ...[more]

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