Characterization of postural control impairment in women with fibromyalgia

Sempere-Rubio, Núria; López-Pascual, Juan; Aguilar‐Rodríguez, Marta; Cortés‐Amador, Sara; Espí-López, Gemma Victoria; Villarrasa-Sapiña, Israel; Serra-Añó, Pilar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0196575

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“…Two studies reported significant influence of adding a dual-task, showing a decrease in physical and cognitive performance. [14,15] Sempere-Rubio et al [15] showed that postural control worse during dual-task condition. Interestingly de Gier et al [14] stated that baseline pain may determine the physical performance the patient will do.…”

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Impact of adding a cognitive task while performing physical fitness tests in women with fibromyalgia

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Fibromyalgia symptoms cause a significant reduction in the ability to perform daily life activities. These activities often require the ability to perform more than 1 task at the same time.The aim was to investigate how the addition of a cognitive task modifies the performance in physical fitness tests in fibromyalgia and healthy controls.A total of 61 women participated in this study, 31 of them diagnosed with fibromyalgia by a rheumatologist. They performed 3 physical fitness tests (arm curl, handgrip, and 10-steps stair tests) in 2 conditions:a) regular (single task [ST]) andb) while thinking in 3 words that were given before each test and had to be recalled and verbalized after the execution of each test (dual task).The dual task cost was calculated as the difference between the performances in the regular and dual-task (DT) conditions.Healthy controls obtained significantly better results than fibromyalgia in both, dual and single-task conditions. Women with fibromyalgia significantly decreased the performance in the 10-steps stair test when a cognitive task was added. Between-group differences in the dual-task costs (DTC) were not found.Women with fibromyalgia showed lower physical performance than healthy controls in both, single and dual task conditions. In addition, differences between single and dual task conditions were observed in the 10-steps stair test in women with fibromyalgia. This could be related with a reduction in the ability to perform daily life activities. However, results regarding DTC indicate that both groups may be similarly influenced by the addition of a secondary cognitive. Thus, further research with different difficulty levels of DT conditions is needed in fibromyalgia.

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Impact of adding a cognitive task while performing physical fitness tests in women with fibromyalgia

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“…They rested for 30 s between repetitions, unless they needed extra time. The procedures were further explained in a previous study of our group [5].…”

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“…Fibromyalgia (FM) is a common chronic pain condition that has a significant impact on quality of life (QoL) [1], possibly due to its interference with physical ability, function, work, and social activities [2]. Previous studies revealed that the global physical condition (PC) in FM patients is impaired, since, compared to healthy counterparts, strength is reduced [3], postural control is altered [4,5], body posture is misaligned [6], or functional capacity is poor [1]. Furthermore, another important factor closely related to PC is flexibility, which is known to influence postural maintenance [7] and was independently associated with pain in this population [8], which was also associated with postural maintenance [6].…”

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Physical Condition Factors that Predict a Better Quality of Life in Women with Fibromyalgia

Sempere-Rubio

Aguilar‐Rodríguez

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What physical qualities can predict the quality of life (QoL) in women with fibromyalgia (FM)? QoL is a very complex outcome affected by multiple comorbidities in people with fibromyalgia. This study aims to determine which physical qualities can predict the quality of life in women with FM. Also, a comparison between the physical qualities of women with FM and healthy counterparts was conducted. In total, 223 women participated in this cross-sectional study, 123 with FM, with ages ranging between 45 and 70 years. The study was conducted at several fibromyalgia associations and specialized medical units. QoL was measured as the main outcome. In addition, functional capacity, muscular strength, maintenance of thoracic posture, postural control, flexibility, pain threshold, and anxiety were measured. Prediction of the QoL was conducted with multiple linear regression analysis and comparison between groups, using the Mann–Whitney U test. There were significant differences between groups in all the variables measured (p < 0.01). The multiple linear regression model showed that factors influencing QoL in women with FM for all the variables measured were functional capacity, handgrip strength and bicep strength, maintenance of thoracic posture, pain threshold, and anxiety (R2 = 0.53, p < 0.05). To conclude, women with FM show a significantly lower QoL than their healthy counterparts, and the factors that predict their perceived QoL are functional capacity, muscular strength, postural maintenance, pain threshold, and anxiety.

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“…The different task combinations are motor-motor, cognitive-cognitive, and motor-cognitive. Previous studies have analyzed the influence of adding a cognitive task when performing physical fitness tests in women with FM [27][28][29], but none of them have reported test-retest reliability. A test is considered reliable when, on two or more occasions under the same conditions, a subject obtains similar results [30].…”

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Strength Assessment Under Dual Task Conditions in Women with Fibromyalgia: A Test–Retest Reliability Study

León-Llamas

Villafaina

Murillo-García

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The present study aimed to: (1) analyze the test–retest reliability of the 30 s chair stand test and the 30 s arm curl test under dual-task conditions; (2) analyze the test–retest reliability of a new variable which assesses the total performance (cognitive + physical) in both tests. A total of 37 women with fibromyalgia participated in the study. Participants completed the 30 s arm curl test and 30 s chair stand test in both simple and dual-task conditions. These tests were repeated after seven days. In the 30 s chair stand dual-task test the reliability was low to good whereas that of the total performance variable was low to moderate. The reliability in both the 30 s arm curl dual-task test and the total performance variable were good to moderate. Both the 30 s chair stand test and 30 s arm curl test under dual-task conditions and the total performance variables had good test–retest reliability. However, it is necessary to consider the fluctuations of the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC).

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Characterization of postural control impairment in women with fibromyalgia

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Impact of adding a cognitive task while performing physical fitness tests in women with fibromyalgia

Impact of adding a cognitive task while performing physical fitness tests in women with fibromyalgia

Physical Condition Factors that Predict a Better Quality of Life in Women with Fibromyalgia

Strength Assessment Under Dual Task Conditions in Women with Fibromyalgia: A Test–Retest Reliability Study

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