Fibromyalgia & musculoskeletal pain
Blunted sudomotor reactivity in fibromyalgia is associated with levels of depression
Authors' conclusion
The greater prevalence of sudomotor dysfunction in fibromyalgia patients is consistent with the presence of neuropathy in subgroups of patients, and with the basic heterogeneity of the disorder. However, neuropathy does not appear helpful for determining the clinical features of the disorders, or the level of central sensitisation measured by pressure algometry.
Study context
- Population
- Women with fibromyalgia and healthy women
- Participants
- 33 vs 33
- Exposure
- Fibromyalgia (FM) patients vs healthy women
- FMn = 33
- Healthy womenn = 33reference
- Outcome
- Distal electrochemical skin conductance (ESC) and its association with clinical severity
Methodological detailscase-control
- Case-control
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
ESC
Patients with moderate-to-severe electrochemical skin conductance (ESC) dysfunction, indicative of possible neuropathy
About 51%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
ESC asymmetry (overall sample)
- Lower ESC in right hand vs left
Original publication
Blunted sudomotor reactivity in fibromyalgia is associated with levels of depression. Clin Exp Rheumatol. Published 13 July 2023. doi:10.
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