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Fitness Testing in the Fibromyalgia Diagnosis: The al-Ándalus Project

PURPOSEThis study aimed to determine the ability of a set of physical fitness tests to discriminate presence or absence of fibromyalgia in women. METHODSThe sample comprised 487 women with fibromyalgia (52.1 ± 8 yr) and 250 control women (49.3 ± 9 yr). We assessed physical fitness using the arm curl...

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Published in:Medicine and science in sports and exercise 2015-03, Vol.47 (3), p.451-459
Main Authors: APARICIO, VIRGINIA ARIADNA, SEGURA-JIMÉNEZ, VÍCTOR, ÁLVAREZ-GALLARDO, INMACULADA C, SORIANO-MALDONADO, ALBERTO, CASTRO-PIÑERO, JOSÉ, DELGADO-FERNÁNDEZ, MANUEL, CARBONELL-BAEZA, ANA
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Summary:PURPOSEThis study aimed to determine the ability of a set of physical fitness tests to discriminate presence or absence of fibromyalgia in women. METHODSThe sample comprised 487 women with fibromyalgia (52.1 ± 8 yr) and 250 control women (49.3 ± 9 yr). We assessed physical fitness using the arm curl, 30-s chair stand, handgrip strength, 8-ft up and go, 6-min walk, chair sit and reach, and the back scratch tests. The revised fibromyalgia impact questionnaire was used to assess fibromyalgia severity and symptomatology. RESULTSPatients with fibromyalgia performed worse than control women in all the fitness tests studied (all, P < 0.001). The receiver operating characteristic analysis showed that all the fitness tests were able to discriminate between presence and absence of fibromyalgia (all, P < 0.001). The area under the curve ranged from 0.708 to 0.910 (all, P < 0.001). Among the fitness tests studied, the arm curl test, followed by the 30-s chair-stand and handgrip strength tests, showed the highest capacity discriminating between the presence and absence of fibromyalgia. An arm curl test score of
ISSN:0195-9131
1530-0315
DOI:10.1249/MSS.0000000000000445