TY - JOUR
T1 - The Potential of Established Fitness Cut-off Points for Monitoring Women with Fibromyalgia
T2 - The al-Ándalus Project
AU - Castro-Piñero, José
AU - Aparicio, Virginia A
AU - Estévez-López, Fernando
AU - Álvarez-Gallardo, Inmaculada C
AU - Borges-Cosic, Milkana
AU - Soriano-Maldonado, Alberto
AU - Delgado-Fernández, Manuel
AU - Segura-Jiménez, Víctor
N1 - © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - 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 polysymptomatic distress condition of fibromyalgia.
AB - 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 polysymptomatic distress condition of fibromyalgia.
KW - Adult
KW - Age Factors
KW - Aged
KW - Anxiety
KW - Case-Control Studies
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Depression
KW - Fatigue
KW - Female
KW - Fibromyalgia
KW - Humans
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Physical Fitness
KW - Quality of Life
KW - Severity of Illness Index
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
U2 - 10.1055/s-0043-101912
DO - 10.1055/s-0043-101912
M3 - Article
C2 - 28315284
SN - 0172-4622
VL - 38
SP - 359
EP - 369
JO - International Journal of Sports Medicine
JF - International Journal of Sports Medicine
IS - 5
ER -