Motor Control in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fibromyalgia; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01686074

2012/679

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project is a comprehensive study, with main focus on motor control, comparing patients with chronic fatigue syndrome / myalgic encephalopathy (CFS/ME) and/or fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Focus of the present project will be on detailed movement analysis in a movement laboratory and involve functional tasks such as walking and standing. Investigations will also comprise muscle activity, reaction time and fine motor control.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 49 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia

Exclusion criteria

• patients who already had been treated.

Trial design

90 participants in 4 patient groups

Chronic fatigue syndrome

fibromyalgia

chronic fatigue syndrome + fibromyalgia

healthy sedentary control