[Sleep apnea and fibromyalgia: the absence of correlation does not indicate an exclusive central hypothesis].
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic painful syndrome characterized by widespread aching and points of tenderness, changed perception of pain and reduced brain serotonin. Abnormal EEG patterns have been reported in this condition. A study of FM occurrence in subjects with sleep abnormalities demonstrated by polysomnography was performed. Fifty patients (group 1:29 with sleep apnea and group 2:21 with poor sleep without sleep apnea) and 31 control subjects (without any sleep abnormalities) were submitted to the same clinical research of FM (ACR criteria). There was one 1 FM in group 1 (3.4%), one FM in group 2 (4.7%), and one FM in control group (3.2%). Sleep abnormalities and particularly sleep apnea are not significantly associated with FM. Other pathophysiological factors than central mechanisms are probably involved in the pathogenesis of FM.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017286:Polysomnography; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*
Apnées du sommeil et fibromyalgie: l'absence de corrélation n'est pas en faveur de l'hypothèse centrale exclusive.