title: Relationship of physical distress to dizziness in patients with fibromyalgia.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  The feelings of dizziness and unsteadiness of the patients with fibromyalgia supposed specifically amplified by the hypersensitivity mechanism of CSS (central sensitivity syndrome) of them. The severity of subjective pain and physical distress according to the questionnaires were not correlated with the objective body sway on the stabilometer.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Fibromyalgia manifests primarily as chronic pain of the entire body, but is also often associated with a variety of physical symptoms including dizziness and unsteadiness. This study assessed whether objective measures of body sway and unsteadiness of them are associated with their subjective dizziness findings.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects were 24 patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia, but one patient who had the past history of sudden deafness was excluded. The 23 patients were assessed by a stabilometer as the objective measures of body sway, and JFIQ (Japanese version of the fibromyalgia impact questionnaire), DHI (dizziness handicap inventory) and ABC (activities-specific balance confidence) as the subjective questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The significant correlations were shown between the scores of JFIQ and DHI, JFIQ and ABC, and DHI and ABC. Then, the body sway index of stabilometer environmental area was significantly correlated with DHI score. However, the stabilometer index was not correlated neither with JFIQ or ABC.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery , Nihon University School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan .
authors.forename: Fusako
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.affiliation: a Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery , Nihon University School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan .
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.affiliation: b Department of Otolaryngology , National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center , Tokyo , Japan .
authors.forename: Fumiyuki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychosomatic Medicine , Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi Hospital , Tokyo , Japan .
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.affiliation: d Department of Public Health , Nihon University School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan , and.
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jike
authors.affiliation: a Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery , Nihon University School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan .
authors.forename: Teruo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toi
authors.affiliation: a Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery , Nihon University School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan .
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furusaka
authors.affiliation: e Ikeda E.N.T Clinic , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.affiliation: a Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery , Nihon University School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan .
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oshima
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000150:complications; D004244:Dizziness / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Fibromyalgia; disability evaluation; dizziness; postural balance; questionnaires