patients with fibromyalgia.
Dinler M, Diracoglu D, Kasikcioglu E, Sayli O, Akin A, Aksoy C, Oncel A,
Berker E.
Rheumatol Int. 2009 Sep 26. [Epub ahead of print]
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Istanbul Faculty of
Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
The aim of this study is to investigate relation between cardiopulmonary
performance and muscular microcirculation in patients with fibromyalgia
syndrome (FMS). Twenty-one female sedentary patients who were diagnosed as
FMS, and 15 sedentary females were enrolled in to the study. All
participants underwent a modified Bruce multistage maximal treadmill
protocol with metabolic measurements and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
measurements. Exercise sessions were performed 3 times a week for 8 weeks.
The results of the study suggest that cardiopulmonary system in charge of
delivering oxygen to whole body and muscular microcirculation may have
dysfunction in patients with FMS.
PMID: 19784655 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
