Energy expenditure during functional daily tasks in subjects with chronic musculoskeletal pain and healthy subjects

Completed

Conditions: a-specifieke musculoskeletale pijnklachten aan het bewegingsapparaat (chronische lage rugpijn en fibromyalgie)
a-specific chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP)
muscle and skeletal complaints

Registration Number: NL-OMON37838

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit Maastricht

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

Subjects with CMP:
1. Diagnosed with fibromyalgia or suffering from chronic low back pain (pain localized below the scapulae and above the gluteal folds for longer than three months)
2. Age between 18 and 65
3. The pain syndrome is not attributable to a recognizable, known specific pathology (e.g. infection, tumour, osteoporosis, fracture, structural deformity, inflammatory disorder (e.g. ankylosing spondylitis), radicular syndrome or cauda equina syndrome).
4. Ability to walk 500 meter without walking aids and walk 60 stair steps with the use of one handrail, resting during these activities is allowed
Healthy volunteers:
1. Age between 18 and 65
2. Ability to walk 500 meter without walking aids and walk 60 stair steps with the use of one handrail, resting during these activities is allowed

Exclusion Criteria

Subjects with CMP
1. Use of β-blockers
2. Co morbidity hampering gas analyses, such as COPD or other lung conditions that require treatment by a lung specialist.
3. Pregnancy
4. Non-fluency in Dutch
Healthy volunteers:
1. Physical musculoskeletal pain
2. Use of β-blockers
3. Co morbidity hampering gas analyses, such as COPD or other lung conditions that require treatment by a lung specialist.
4. Pregnancy
5. Non-fluency in Dutch

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The main study parameter is the difference in energy expenditure per task<br /><br>during walking and stair climbing between subjects with CMP and healthy<br /><br>volunteers. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Differences in energy expenditure per minute during walking and stair climbing<br /><br>between subjects with CMP and healthy volunteers.<br /><br>Differences in energy expenditure per minute during walking and stair climbing<br /><br>between subjects with CLBP and FM.<br /><br>Differences in time needed to complete both tests between subjects with CMP and<br /><br>healthy volunteers.<br /><br>Energy expenditure per performed task measured with the Sense Wear Pro Armband</p><br>