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Muscle trigger points and pressure pain sensitivity maps of the feet in women with fibromyalgia syndrome

Muscle trigger points and pressure pain sensitivity maps of the feet in women with fibromyalgia syndrome Muscle trigger points and pressure pain sensitivity maps of the feet in women with fibromyalgia syndrome
Muscle trigger points and pressure pain sensitivity maps of the feet in women with fibromyalgia syndrome Muscle trigger points and pressure pain sensitivity maps of the feet in women with fibromyalgia syndrome

To investigate the presence of trigger points (TrPs) in feet musculature and topographical pressure sensitivity maps of the feet as well as the relationship between TrPs, pressure pain maps, and clinical variables in women with fibromyalgia (FMS).

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Key take away

Foot pain is highly prevalent in the women suffering from fibromyalgia syndrome. In this study, flexor hallucis brevis and adductor hallucis muscles were revealed as the active trigger points (TrPs) with elevated pressure hypersensitivity in the plantar region.

Background

To investigate the presence of trigger points (TrPs) in feet musculature and topographical pressure sensitivity maps of the feet as well as the relationship between TrPs, pressure pain maps, and clinical variables in women with fibromyalgia (FMS).

Method

Fifty-one FMS women and 24 comparable healthy women participated. TrPs within the flexor hallucis brevis, adductor hallucis, dorsal interossei, extensor digitorum brevis, and quadratus plantae, as well as external and internal gastrocnemius, were explored. Pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) were assessed in a blind manner over seven locations on each foot. Topographical pressure sensitivity maps of the plantar region were generated using the averaged PPT of each location.

Result

The prevalence rate of foot pain was 63% (n = 32). The number of active TrPs for each FMS woman with foot pain was 5 ± 1.5 without any latent TrPs. Women with FMS without foot pain and healthy controls had only latent TrPs (2.2 ± 0.8 and 1.5 ± 1.3, respectively). Active TrPs in the flexor hallucis brevis and adductor hallucis muscles were the most prevalent. Topographical pressure pain sensitivity maps revealed that FMS women with foot pain had lower PPT than FMS women without pain and healthy controls, and higher PPT on the calcaneus bone (P < 0.001).

Conclusion

The presence of foot pain in women with FMS is high. The referred pain elicited by active TrPs in the foot muscles reproduced the symptoms in these patients. FMS women suffering foot pain showed higher pressure hypersensitivity in the plantar region than those FMS women without pain.

Source:

Pain Medicine

Article:

Muscle trigger points and pressure pain sensitivity maps of the feet in women with fibromyalgia syndrome

Authors:

Maria C. Tornero-Caballero et al.

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