ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2010
Altered neuromuscular control mechanisms of the trapezius muscle in fibromyalgia.
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- Role of non-invasive objective markers for the rehabilitative diagnosis of central sensitization in patients with fibromyalgia: A systematic review.Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
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- A Review of Movement and Functional Impairments in Fibromyalgia: Implications for Targeted Treatment.Journal of pain research · 2025Review
- Effect of physical activity education on shoulder girdle pain and muscle strength in participants with fibromyalgia: a pilot experimental study.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effects of Vertical Lifting Distance on Upper-Body Muscle Fatigue.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Human myoelectric spatial patterns differ among lower limb muscles and locomotion speeds.Physiological reports · 2020Article
- Evidence of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Fibromyalgia: Deviating Muscle Energy Metabolism Detected Using Microdialysis and Magnetic Resonance.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Peripheral fatigue: new mechanistic insights from recent technologies.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Review
- Physical Condition Factors that Predict a Better Quality of Life in Women with Fibromyalgia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Controlled, cross-sectional, multi-center study of physical capacity and associated factors in women with fibromyalgia.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2018Article
- Alterations of anti-inflammatory lipids in plasma from women with chronic widespread pain - a case control study.Lipids in health and disease · 2017Article
- Work Ability in Fibromyalgia: An Update in the 21st Century.Current rheumatology reviews · 2017Review
- A pilot study of biomechanical assessment before and after an integrative training program for adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia.Pediatric rheumatology online journal · 2016Article
- Specific proteins of the trapezius muscle correlate with pain intensity and sensitivity - an explorative multivariate proteomic study of the trapezius muscle in women with chronic widespread pain.Journal of pain research · 2016Article
- Fibromyalgia: A Critical and Comprehensive Review.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2015Review
- Protein alterations in women with chronic widespread pain--An explorative proteomic study of the trapezius muscle.Scientific reports · 2015Article
- Pain characteristics associated with the onset of disability in older adults: the maintenance of balance, independent living, intellect, and zest in the Elderly Boston Study.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2014Article
- Psychological processing in chronic pain: a neural systems approach.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2014Review
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Abstract
backgroundfibromyalgia is a relatively common condition with widespread pain and pressure allodynia, but unknown aetiology. For decades, the association between motor control strategies and chronic pain has been a topic for debate. One long held functional neuromuscular control mechanism is differential activation between regions within a single muscle. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in neuromuscular control, i.e. differential activation, between myalgic trapezius in fibromyalgia patients and healthy controls.
methods27 fibromyalgia patients and 30 healthy controls performed 3 minutes bilateral shoulder elevations with different loads (0-4 Kg) with a high-density surface electromyographical (EMG) grid placed above the upper trapezius. Differential activation was quantified by the power spectral median frequency of the difference in EMG amplitude between the cranial and caudal parts of the upper trapezius. The average duration of the differential activation was described by the inverse of the median frequency of the differential activations.
resultsthe median frequency of the differential activations was significantly lower, and the average duration of the differential activations significantly longer in fibromyalgia compared with controls at the two lowest load levels (0-1 Kg) (p < 0.04), but not at the two highest load levels (2 and 4 Kg).
conclusionthese findings illustrate a different neuromuscular control between fibromyalgia patients and healthy controls during a low load functional task, either sustaining or resulting from the chronic painful condition. The findings may have clinical relevance for rehabilitation strategies for fibromyalgia.
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