Relationship between aerobic fitness and quality of life in female fibromyalgia patients.
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether there is a direct link between quality of life and aerobic capacity among female fibromyalgia patients.


METHODS
Cross-section study.


METHODS
University of León.


METHODS
Twenty-nine women belonging to the León Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Association.


METHODS
Aerobic capacity and quality of life were measured by means of the Six-Minute Walk Test and the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire. Outcome measures included heart rate and rate of perceived fatigue and dypsnoea.


RESULTS
The average distance walked was 432.8 (61.2) m and the total average Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire score was 47.5 (18.9). Only item 1 of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, physical function, showed any statistically significant link with the distance walked, which had no statistically significant relationship with any of the variables studied.


CONCLUSIONS
The physical fitness of women with fibromyalgia, as determined by the Six-Minute Walk Test and the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, has no direct relation with quality of life as the patients perceive it.
Area of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Department of Physiology, University of León, León, Spain. cayan@edu.xunta.es
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Barrientos
D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015444:Exercise; D017079:Exercise Tolerance; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010809:Physical Fitness; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index