Assessment of Posture, Balance, Gait Disorders in Patients With Fibromyalgia

Last updated: February 3, 2024
Sponsor: Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Pain

Chronic Pain

Fibromyalgia

Treatment

N/A

Clinical Study ID

NCT06245226
10025142
  • Ages 18-65
  • Female
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

The study aims to determine the posture, balance and gait disorders objectively in patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and to investigate their relationships with disease-related parameters.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia according to ACR 2016 diagnostic criteria
  • Signing written informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Rheumatological, neurological and/or psychiatric diseases that may cause balance andgait disorders (cerebrovascular accident sequelae, Parkinson's, myasthenia gravis,polyneuropathy, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, major depression)
  • Other diseases that cause balance and other gait disorders (history of major trauma tothe lower extremity, and/or orthosis users, those who have had spinal and/or lowerextremity surgery)
  • Orthopedic disorders that may cause limitation in joint range of motion and/or loss ofmotor muscle strength
  • Those who cannot take commands due to cognitive dysfunction
  • Vestibular and/or cerebellar disorders
  • Abnormal ophthalmic/optometric disorder (vision disorders)
  • Pregnancy
  • Serious cardiac disease, malignancy and renal failure

Study Design

Total Participants: 100
Study Start date:
October 15, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
April 01, 2024

Study Description

After being informed about study and potential risks, all participants giving written informed consent will undergo screening period determine eligibility for study entry. The participants who met the eligibility recruitments will get into the assessment.

The study will include 100 participants aged between 18-65 years and without any disease or orthopedic disorder that can cause posture, balance and gait disorders: 50 female patients who met the ACR (American College of Rheumatology) 2016 FM diagnostic criteria and 50 pain-free females.

Researcher will record sociodemographic data of all participants and disease duration of patients with FM. The researcher will evaluate disease activity by Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, sleep quality by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and fatigue severity by Fatigue Severity Scale in FM group.

In both groups the researcher will use; DIERS formetric 3D/4D video-rasterstereography (Diers International GmbH, Schlangenbad, Germany) device for the posture analyze, HUR SmartBalance BTG4 system (Hur Labs, Kokkola, Finland) for postural balance control and limits of stability measurements, Zebris FDM type 3 (Zebris Medical GmbH, Germany) gait analysis system for measuring spatio-temporal gait parameters.

Connect with a study center

  • Ankara Bilkent City Hospital Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Hospital

    Ankara, Bilkent/Çankaya 06800
    Turkey

    Active - Recruiting

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