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The Potential of Established Fitness Cut-off Points for Monitoring Women with Fibromyalgia: The al-Ándalus Project.
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International Journal of Sports Medicine . 2017, Vol. 38 Issue 5, p359-369. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The aim of the present study was to determinate whether fitness cut-off points discriminate the severity of major fibromyalgia symptoms and health-related quality of life. Additionally, we investigated which American Colleague of Rheumatology (ACR) fibromyalgia criteria (1990 vs. modified 2010) better discriminate fibromyalgia symptomatology. A total of 488 women with fibromyalgia and 200 non-fibromyalgia (control) women participated. All participants underwent both the 1990 and the modified 2010 ACR preliminary criteria (hereinafter 1990c and m-2010c, respectively). We used fitness cut-off points (Senior Fitness Tests Battery plus handgrip strength test) to discriminate between presence and absence of fibromyalgia. Additionally, we employed several instruments to assess fibromyalgia symptoms. Fitness cut-off points discriminated between high and low levels of the main symptoms the disease in all age groups (P from < 0.001 to 0.01). Overall, the arm-curl and the 30-s chair stand tests presented the highest effect sizes in all symptoms, reinforcing the inclusion of fitness testing as a complementary tool for fibromyalgia diagnosis and monitoring. Moreover, the effect size of the differences in symptoms between women with fibromyalgia and controls were overall larger using the m-2010c compared with the 1990c, except for the tender points count, reflecting better the poly- symptomatic distress condition of fibromyalgia [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01724622
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Sports Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 122971480
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-101912