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Joint Assessment of Equilibrium and Neuromotor Function: A Validation Study in Patients with Fibromyalgia

Objective: To develop and validate a tool for evaluating balance and neuromotor function in patients with fibromyalgia (FMS). Methods: Brainstorming, the nominal group technique, and pilot-testing were used to select a battery of 20 functional balance tests that were included in a screening tool. A...

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Autores principales: Lomas-Vega, Rafael, Rodríguez-Almagro, Daniel, Peinado-Rubia, Ana Belén, Zagalaz-Anula, Noelia, Molina, Francisco, Obrero-Gaitán, Esteban, Ibáñez-Vera, Alfonso Javier, Osuna-Pérez, María Catalina
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7762125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33291268
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10121057
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author Lomas-Vega, Rafael
Rodríguez-Almagro, Daniel
Peinado-Rubia, Ana Belén
Zagalaz-Anula, Noelia
Molina, Francisco
Obrero-Gaitán, Esteban
Ibáñez-Vera, Alfonso Javier
Osuna-Pérez, María Catalina
author_facet Lomas-Vega, Rafael
Rodríguez-Almagro, Daniel
Peinado-Rubia, Ana Belén
Zagalaz-Anula, Noelia
Molina, Francisco
Obrero-Gaitán, Esteban
Ibáñez-Vera, Alfonso Javier
Osuna-Pérez, María Catalina
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description Objective: To develop and validate a tool for evaluating balance and neuromotor function in patients with fibromyalgia (FMS). Methods: Brainstorming, the nominal group technique, and pilot-testing were used to select a battery of 20 functional balance tests that were included in a screening tool. A total of 108 subjects (62 with fibromyalgia syndrome, 22 aged over 65 years, and 24 healthy subjects) participated in this validation study. Factor validity, internal consistency, the ability to discriminate between patients and healthy subjects, and concurrent validity with the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), the Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI), the 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12), and other tools for measuring balance, such as the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI), the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC-16), the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I), and posturographic parameters, were evaluated. Results: The factorial analysis extracted four factors that explained 70% of the variance. The Alpha Cronbach value was 0.928. Concurrent validity of the screening tool with respect to other tools was high, and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed an AUC value of 0.932 for discriminating between healthy and FMS subjects. Severe balance disorder related to head movements in FMS patients was found. Conclusion: The 20-item JAEN (Joint Assessment of Equilibrium and Neuro-motor Function) screening tool is a valid and reliable tool for assessing balance in patients with FMS.
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spelling pubmed-77621252020-12-26 Joint Assessment of Equilibrium and Neuromotor Function: A Validation Study in Patients with Fibromyalgia Lomas-Vega, Rafael Rodríguez-Almagro, Daniel Peinado-Rubia, Ana Belén Zagalaz-Anula, Noelia Molina, Francisco Obrero-Gaitán, Esteban Ibáñez-Vera, Alfonso Javier Osuna-Pérez, María Catalina Diagnostics (Basel) Article Objective: To develop and validate a tool for evaluating balance and neuromotor function in patients with fibromyalgia (FMS). Methods: Brainstorming, the nominal group technique, and pilot-testing were used to select a battery of 20 functional balance tests that were included in a screening tool. A total of 108 subjects (62 with fibromyalgia syndrome, 22 aged over 65 years, and 24 healthy subjects) participated in this validation study. Factor validity, internal consistency, the ability to discriminate between patients and healthy subjects, and concurrent validity with the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), the Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI), the 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12), and other tools for measuring balance, such as the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI), the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC-16), the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I), and posturographic parameters, were evaluated. Results: The factorial analysis extracted four factors that explained 70% of the variance. The Alpha Cronbach value was 0.928. Concurrent validity of the screening tool with respect to other tools was high, and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed an AUC value of 0.932 for discriminating between healthy and FMS subjects. Severe balance disorder related to head movements in FMS patients was found. Conclusion: The 20-item JAEN (Joint Assessment of Equilibrium and Neuro-motor Function) screening tool is a valid and reliable tool for assessing balance in patients with FMS. MDPI 2020-12-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7762125/ /pubmed/33291268 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10121057 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Lomas-Vega, Rafael
Rodríguez-Almagro, Daniel
Peinado-Rubia, Ana Belén
Zagalaz-Anula, Noelia
Molina, Francisco
Obrero-Gaitán, Esteban
Ibáñez-Vera, Alfonso Javier
Osuna-Pérez, María Catalina
Joint Assessment of Equilibrium and Neuromotor Function: A Validation Study in Patients with Fibromyalgia
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title_full Joint Assessment of Equilibrium and Neuromotor Function: A Validation Study in Patients with Fibromyalgia
title_fullStr Joint Assessment of Equilibrium and Neuromotor Function: A Validation Study in Patients with Fibromyalgia
title_full_unstemmed Joint Assessment of Equilibrium and Neuromotor Function: A Validation Study in Patients with Fibromyalgia
title_short Joint Assessment of Equilibrium and Neuromotor Function: A Validation Study in Patients with Fibromyalgia
title_sort joint assessment of equilibrium and neuromotor function: a validation study in patients with fibromyalgia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7762125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33291268
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10121057
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