Deborah Colucci Trevisan1, Patricia Driusso2, Mariana Arias Avila3, Karina Gramani-Say4, Fernando Manuel Araujo Moreira5, Nivaldo Antonio Parizotto6. 1. Physical Therapy Department, Federal University of Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil; Biotechnology Post-Graduate Program, Federal University of Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil. 2. Physical Therapy Department, Federal University of Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil; Physical Therapy Post-Graduate Program, Federal University of Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: pdriusso@ufscar.br. 3. Physical Therapy Department, Federal University of Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil; Physical Therapy Department, Centro Universitario Central Paulista, SP, Brazil. 4. Gerontology Department, Federal University of Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil. 5. Biotechnology Post-Graduate Program, Federal University of Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil; Physics Department, Federal University of Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil. 6. Physical Therapy Department, Federal University of Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil; Biotechnology Post-Graduate Program, Federal University of Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil; Physical Therapy Post-Graduate Program, Federal University of Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is a frequent complaint about balance problems among fibromyalgia syndrome patients; however, there are not enough studies that have shown static postural sway of women with fibromyalgia syndrome. This study aimed to compare static postural sway of women with and without fibromyalgia syndrome. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study in which twenty-nine women with fibromyalgia syndrome and 20 without took part. A posturography evaluation was performed in six different situations (bipedal, right tandem and left tandem, with eyes opened and closed), and questionnaires for clinical depression symptoms, clinical anxiety symptoms, sleep quality, and Visual Analogue Scales for Pain and Fatigue were applied. Mann-Whitney U test was used to check differences among groups; Wilcoxon matched-pair test was used to check differences intragroup; Cohen d coefficient was used to measure effect sizes and Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used for correlations among variables. Level of significance adopted was 5%. FINDINGS: Women with fibromyalgia syndrome have presented worse postural sway than women without fibromyalgia syndrome in all situations (P<0.05), and worse scores in all questionnaires (P<0.05). In the eyes closed situations, women with fibromyalgia syndrome presented worse postural sway than women without in the same conditions. INTERPRETATION: Women with fibromyalgia syndrome have worse performance in the static posture test, more prominent in reduced support bases with eyes closed. Pain, fatigue, depression and anxiety may have directly influenced postural sway in fibromyalgia syndrome patients.
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