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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Volume 11, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm11061533
Keywords
fibromyalgia; small fiber neuropathy; screening; pain
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- Programma VALERE, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
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This study assessed the presence of small and large fiber impairment in fibromyalgic patients and found a high prevalence of neuropathic pain in these individuals.
Fibromyalgia syndrome (sFM) is one of the most common causes of chronic pain. This study aimed to assess the presence of small and large fiber impairment in fibromyalgic patients by applying validated scores used in the screening for diabetic neuropathy. The endpoints for the study were the assessment of neuropathy prevalence in sFM patients using the NerveCheck Master (NCM), the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI), the Diabetic Neuropathy Symptom (DNS) and the Douleur Neuropathique 4 Questions (DN4). The sample was composed of 46 subjects: subjects with sFM (n = 23) and healthy controls (HC) (n = 23). The positivity rates in each group for DN4 were significantly different (p < 0.001), with a prevalence in symptomatic subjects of 56.3% (n = 9) among sFM individuals. A similar difference was also observed with the DNS total score (p < 0.001). NCM and MNSI did not disclose significant differences between the two groups. This finding seems to confirm the data regarding the prevalence of a neuropathic pain in sFM patients.
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