Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain LIFE Spring 2015, Issue 11 | Page 29
Survey Results on Fibromyalgia Symptoms Other than Pain
burden of disability. There is a great deal of current
interest in the concept that persistent pain arising in
the periphery from joints, myofascial trigger points,
headaches, etc., lead to the changes in the nervous
system characteristic of fibromyalgia. This is often
referred to as “central sensitization.”
changing bedsheets or climbing one flight of stairs.
The common activities shown in the activity difficulty chart were taken from the functional component
of the FIQR.
In this survey subjects completed the total FIQR
DYSFUNCTION RELATED TO
FIBROMYALGIA
In research on fibromyalgia patients
are commonly asked how difficult it is
to perform simple, everyday activities.
The chart shown here is taken from the
questions in the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR). The degree of difficulty is rated on a scale
of 0 to 10. You can see that the
three most problematic tasks are of
vacuuming/scrubbing floors, walking
continuously for 20 minutes and going
shopping for food or clothes. Interestingly, sitting in a chair continuously
for 45 minutes has a rating similar to
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