NCT01823796

Risk of Falls in Patients With Fibromyalgia

Assessment of Balance and Risk of Falls in Women With Fibromyalgia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Granada · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Fibromyalgia is a chronic illness characterized by persistent widespread muscle pain with generalised hyperalgesia and allodynia. It can be accompanied by other concomitant symptoms: fatigue, sleep disturbances, musculoskeletal disorders, distress and psychological disorders. The prevalence has been reported to be between 2 and 5%. The hypothesis of this study is that women with fibromyalgia present high risk of falls and balance disorders compared with healthy women. The objective of this study was to investigate wether gait pattern changes in single and dual task conditions were associated with the risk of falling in women with fibromyalgia.

Detailed description

Falls and fall-related injuries are a common health problem. A fall is often a result of intrinsic physiological ageing and underlying chronic disease interacting with the external and challenging environment. Disturbances in physical function, muscle strength, range of motion, poor balance, affectation in sensory system, a loss of proprioception, alteration concerning visual and vestibular aspects, dizziness, decreased endurance and cognitive and mobility impairment are the most common risk factors for falls. Postural control in a dual task setting is especially relevant to daily life situations. Attending to that, we propose an assessment based on these parameters in women with fibromyalgia.

Conditions

• Fibromyalgia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Fibromyalgia women group	Assessment of this group at baseline in order to be compared with a control group.
OTHER	Healthy women	These women are assessed in order to be compared with fibromyalgia women group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-03-01
• Primary completion: 2013-05-01
• Completion: 2013-08-01
• First posted: 2013-04-04
• Last updated: 2014-12-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain