RT journal article
T1 Physical fitness reference standards in fibromyalgia: The al-Ándalus project
A1 Álvarez Gallardo, Inmaculada Concepción
A1 Carbonell Baeza, Ana
A1 Segura Jiménez, Víctor
A1 Soriano Maldonado, Alberto
A1 Intermann, Timm
A1 Aparicio, Virginia Ariadna
A1 Estévez  López, Fernando
A1 Camiletti Moirón, Daniel
A1 Herrador Colmenero, Manuel
A1 Ruiz Ruiz, Jonatan
A1 Delgado Fernández, Manuel
A1 Ortega, Francisco Bartolomé
A2 Didáctica de la Educación FísicaPlástica y Musical
K1 Cardiorespiratory fitness
K1 chronic pain
K1 flexibility
K1 physical function
K1 physical performance
K1 speed-agility
K1 strength
AB We aimed (1) to report age-specific physical fitness levels in people with fibromyalgia of a representative sample from Andalusia; and (2) to compare the fitness levels of people with fibromyalgia with non-fibromyalgia controls. This cross-sectional study included 468 (21 men) patients with fibromyalgia and 360 (55 men) controls. The fibromyalgia sample was geographically representative from southern Spain. Physical fitness was assessed with the Senior Fitness Test battery plus the handgrip test. We applied the Generalized Additive Model for Location, Scale and Shape to calculate percentile curves for women and fitted mean curves using a linear regression for men. Our results show that people with fibromyalgia reached worse performance in all fitness tests than controls (P < 0.001) in all age ranges (P < 0.001). This study provides a comprehensive description of age-specific physical fitness levels among patients with fibromyalgia and controls in a large sample of patients with fibromyalgia from southern of Spain. Physical fitness levels of people with fibromyalgia from Andalusia are very low in comparison with age-matched healthy controls. This information could be useful to correctly interpret physical fitness assessments and helping health care providers to identify individuals at risk for losing physical independence.
PB Wiley-Blackwell
SN 0905-7188
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/30669
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/30669
LA eng
NO We acknowledge Wiley-Blackwell and Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports for publishing our scientific article: Álvarez-Gallardo, I. C., Carbonell-Baeza, A., Segura-Jiménez, V., Soriano-Maldonado, A., Intemann, T., Aparicio, V.A., Estévez-López, F., Camiletti-Moirón, D., Herrador-Colmenero, M., Ruiz, J.R., Delgado-Fernández, M., & Ortega, F.B. (2017). Physical fitness reference standards in fibromyalgia: The al-Ándalus project. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 27(11), 1477-1488.https://doi.org/10.1111/SMS.12741
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026