Table 3 Static strength of the arm flexor and knee extensor muscles, and distance walked during a 6-min walk test (6MWT) in patients with fibromyalgia (FMS) and healthy controls (CON) before and after 15 weeks of resistance exercise twice per week, as well as the P value for within-group comparison (Wilcoxon test)
FMS | P value | CON | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before | After | Before | After | ||||
Elbow flexion force (kg) | |||||||
Right | 11.9 (6.5)# | 14.3 (6.7)* | <0.001 | 18.4 (6.2) | 16.9 (6.3) | 0.845 | |
Left | 11.6 (7.3)# | 14.2 (7.4)* | 0.007 | 16.4 (5.9) | 17.3 (4.3) | 0.845 | |
Knee extension force (N) | |||||||
Right | 322 (117) | 340 (122) | 0.153 | 380 (134) | 406 (101) | 0.248 | |
Left | 310 (108) | 328 (138) | 0.066 | 348 (125) | 365 (106) | 0.248 | |
Most painful | 307 (133)* | 338 (110)* | 0.307 | 380 (134) | 405 (87) | 0.248 | |
6MWT (m) | 561 (66) † | 570 (100)# | 0.153 | 633 (100) | 665 (62) | 0.054 | |