Association Between the 2011 Fibromyalgia Survey Criteria and Multisite Pain Sensitivity in Knee Osteoarthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The present study evaluated the relationship between the 2011 American College of Rheumatology fibromyalgia (FM) survey criteria and quantitative sensory testing (QST).

Materials and methods

Patients with knee osteoarthritis scheduled to undergo knee arthroplasty completed the FM survey criteria and self-report measures assessing clinical symptoms. Patients also underwent a battery of QST procedures at the surgical knee and remote body sites, including pressure algometry, conditioned pain modulation, and temporal summation. All assessments were completed before surgery. FM survey criteria were used to calculate a continuous FM score indicating FM severity.

Results

A total of 129 patients were analyzed. Of these, 52.7% were female, 93.8% were Caucasian, and

SUBMITTER: Neville SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6110956 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature