TY - JOUR
T1 - Muscle tissue oxygen pressure in primary fibromyalgia
AU - Lund, N.
AU - Bengtsson, A.
AU - Thorborg, P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Swedish Medical Research Council (05956), the Ostergotland County Council (14/83, 122/83), the Tore Nilson Foundation (83/94) and the Lions' Research Fund. We are greatly indebted to Lars-Ake Malmqvist and Anita Forsman for expert technical help, and to Peter COX,M .D., for scrutinizing the English language of this article.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - Trigger points in painful muscle are a characteristic sign in patients with primary fibromyalgia. The MDO oxygen electrode was used to evaluate oxygenation in the subcutaneous tissue and in trigger points in the trapezius and brachioradial muscles. Ten patients and 8 normal controls were studied. The results in the patients were abnormal, with scattered or slalom-slope histograms, indicating low tissue oxygenation. The controls were normal, except in one case. The conclusion is that in patients with primary fibromyalgia, the muscle oxygenation is abnormal or low, at least in the trigger point area of the muscles.
AB - Trigger points in painful muscle are a characteristic sign in patients with primary fibromyalgia. The MDO oxygen electrode was used to evaluate oxygenation in the subcutaneous tissue and in trigger points in the trapezius and brachioradial muscles. Ten patients and 8 normal controls were studied. The results in the patients were abnormal, with scattered or slalom-slope histograms, indicating low tissue oxygenation. The controls were normal, except in one case. The conclusion is that in patients with primary fibromyalgia, the muscle oxygenation is abnormal or low, at least in the trigger point area of the muscles.
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U2 - 10.3109/03009748609102084
DO - 10.3109/03009748609102084
M3 - Article
C2 - 3462905
AN - SCOPUS:0022477854
SN - 0300-9742
VL - 15
SP - 165
EP - 173
JO - Acta rheumatologica Scandinavica
JF - Acta rheumatologica Scandinavica
IS - 2
ER -