| Titre : | Body perception distortions correlate with neuropathic features in Italian fibromyalgic patients : findings from a self-administered online survey (2022) |
| Auteurs : | Antonello Viceconti ; Tommaso Geri ; Simone De Luca ; Filippo Maselli ; Giacomo Rossettini ; Marco Testa |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Musculoskeletal Science and Practice (Vol. 60, August 2022) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 102570 |
| Note générale : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2022.102570 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Descripteurs : |
HE Vinci Enquêtes et questionnaires ; Fibromyalgie ; Image du corps ; Italie ; Névralgie |
| Résumé : | Background Recent studies found that fibromyalgia may underly neuropathic conditions affecting the peripheral nervous system. Moreover, clinical observations and preliminary reports suggest the existence of body perceptions distortions (BPD) like ?phantom" feelings of swollen hands and feet, similar to those complained by patients with other neuropathic conditions or subjected to experimental procedures affecting the peripheral nervous system. Objectives To investigate the prevalence of self-reported BPD in Italian people with fibromyalgia through an online survey administered with the help of the associations of patients distributed nationwide. Design cross-sectional study. Method A nationwide sample of 854 patients out of 1173 subjects enrolled was analyzed after the exclusion of comorbidities and incomplete answers. We additionally performed a post-hoc analysis comparing data of patients who entirely fulfilled the Fibromyalgia Research Criteria (FRC) (2011) for epidemiological studies with respect to those only partially responding to the FRC (FM-). Results Nearly 90% of subjects reported neuropathic pain, symptoms potentially indicative for small-fiber pathology, and at least 1 BPD, while 2 or more BPD was reported in 64.1% of cases. Phantom feelings of ?heaviness", ?constriction", and ?swelling" were the most frequently self-reported perceptual distortions. BPD were significant correlated with symptoms potentially indicative for small-fiber pathology, neuropathic pain, disability, painful sites, and severity of fibromyalgia (0.20-b |
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