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Papers: 3 Sep 2022 - 9 Sep 2022


2022


J Pain Res


15

Fibromyalgia: Associations Between Fat Infiltration, Physical Capacity, and Clinical Variables.

Authors

Gerdle B, Leinhard O D, Lund E, Bengtsson A, Lundberg P, Ghafouri B, Forsgren M F
J Pain Res. 2022; 15:2517-2535.
PMID: 36061487.

Abstract

Obesity is a risk factor for the development of fibromyalgia (FM) and generally most studies report increased Body Mass Index (BMI) in FM. Obesity in FM is associated with a worse clinical presentation. FM patients have low physical conditioning and obesity further exacerbates these aspects. Hitherto studies of FM have focused upon a surrogate for overall measure of fat content, ie, BMI. This study is motivated by that ectopic fat and adipose tissues are rarely investigated in FM including their relationships to physical capacity variables. Moreover, their relationships to clinical variables including are not known. Aims were to 1) compare body composition between FM and healthy controls and 2) investigate if significant associations exist between body composition and physical capacity aspects and important clinical variables.