Energy expenditure during daily physical activity tasks in persons with chronic musculoskeletal pain disorder and healthy subjects.

Conditions: musculo-skeletale pijnklachten (chronische lage rugpijn en fibromyalgie)
musculo-skeletal pain disorders (MSPD's)
muscle and skeletal complaints

Registration Number: NL-OMON32212

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit Maastricht

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

MSPD-group:
-The subjects need to be diagnosed with MSPD by their general practitioner or medical specialist. In this study it only applies to chronic back pain and fibromyalgia. The rehabilitation physician indicated that treatment was suitable to diminish the limitations resulting from this MSPD. At the moment of inclusion, the subject with MSPDs has to be under supervision in Rehabilitation Centre Blixembosch, Eindhoven or in the rehabilitation centre Hoensbroeck, Hoensbroek.;General inclusion criteria:
Age between 20-65
Ability to walk 100 meters without interruption

Exclusion Criteria

-The use of beta-blockers
-Suffering from neurological, metabolic, cardiovascular or pulmonary disease making completion of the 6-minute walking test and 1-minute stair climbing test impossible
- Major psychiatric conditions
- Pregnancy
- inability to speak dutch.
- Other medical co-morbidity wich impede intensive aerobic capacity testing

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The main study parameter in both groups is the difference in energy<br /><br>expenditure (ml O2 * kg LBM-1* min-1) between the FM/CLBP-group and the<br /><br>matched healthy control group.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>In both groups the difference in energetic cost of walking (ml O2 * kg-1 * m-1)<br /><br>and the difference in walking speed (m * min-1, steps * min-1) on the 6-minute<br /><br>walking test and 1-minute stair-climbing task.</p><br>