期刊名称：Ovidius University Annals, Series Physical Education and Sport/Science, Movement and Health
印刷版ISSN：1224-7359
出版年度：2007
卷号：7
期号：1
页码：40-46
语种：English
出版社：Ovidius University Press
摘要：bstract:Palpatory diagnosis in fibromyalgia Objective: We hypothesized that an important issue of the diagnosis in fibromyalgia could be the palpatory procedure for the evaluation of trigger points.The second hypothesis consist in the importance of the sum of areas of local pain derived from a body pain diagram would be a clinically useful predictor for clinical pain intensity of fibromyalgic patients.Research Methods and Procedures: We observed the palpatory technique used by 10 physiotherapists on 20 patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia,and we compare the results of evaluations.Informed consent was obtained from all subjects,and the protocols conformed to the ethical guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki.The period of experiment was 3 months,between September and November,2005.Results: The results of palpatory diagnosis and evaluation were identical for 5 physiotherapists,on the same patient,and correlation between their results and symptomatology of the patients was possible.A smaller number of identified trigger points and areas was the result for 3 of physiotherapists,for 15 patients,and a biger number of the same parameters was diagnosed by 2 physiotherapists for the same patients.Conclusion: only half of physiotherapists had an identical palpatory diagnosis.Half of physiotherapists had different diagnosis.We observed differences of the pressure’s level,direction,different involvement of the therapists.
关键词：Palpatory;diagnosis;fibromyalgia;pressure;trigger point number;painful areas number
