{"id":17995,"date":"2018-09-26T07:36:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T07:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=17995"},"modified":"2018-09-26T07:57:04","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T07:57:04","slug":"a-concurrent-cognitive-task-does-not-perturb-i-e-alter-quiet-standing-in-fm-cfs-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/a-concurrent-cognitive-task-does-not-perturb-i-e-alter-quiet-standing-in-fm-cfs-me\/","title":{"rendered":"A concurrent cognitive task does not perturb (i.e. alter) quiet standing in FM &#038; CFS\/ME"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindawi.com\/journals\/prm\/2018\/9014232\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Concurrent Cognitive Task Does Not Perturb Quiet Standing in Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<\/a>, by\u00a0Omid Rasouli, Egil A Fors, Ottar Vasseljen and Ann-Katrin Stensdotter <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in<\/span>\u00a0<em>Pain Research and Management\u00a0<\/em>Vol 2018, Article ID 9014232 [Published 7 August 2018]<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Research abstract:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Background and Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cognitive complaints are common in fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Fatigue as well as pain may require greater effort to perform cognitive tasks, thereby increasing the load on processing in the central nervous system and interfering with motor control.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Methods:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-18134 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Girl-balancing-nature-300x294.jpg?resize=300%2C294\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Girl-balancing-nature.jpg?resize=300%2C294&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Girl-balancing-nature.jpg?resize=150%2C147&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Girl-balancing-nature.jpg?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/294;\" \/>The effect of a concurrent arithmetic cognitive task on postural control during quiet standing was investigated in 75 women (aged 19\u201349 years) and compared between FM, CFS, and matched controls (\/group). Quiet standing on a force plate was performed for 60\u2009s\/condition, with and without a concurrent cognitive task. The center of pressure data was decomposed into a slow component and a fast component representing postural sway and adjusting ankle torque.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Compared to controls, CFS and FM displayed lower frequency in the slow component (), and CFS displayed greater amplitude in the slow (\u00a0and\u00a0) and fast () components. There were no interactions indicating different responses to the added cognitive task between any of the three groups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Patients displayed insufficient postural control across both conditions, while the concurrent cognitive task did not perturb quiet standing. Fatigue but not pain correlated with postural control variables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Concurrent Cognitive Task Does Not Perturb Quiet Standing in Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by\u00a0Omid Rasouli, Egil A Fors, Ottar Vasseljen and Ann-Katrin Stensdotter in\u00a0Pain Research and Management\u00a0Vol 2018, Article ID 9014232 [Published 7 August 2018] Research abstract: Background &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/a-concurrent-cognitive-task-does-not-perturb-i-e-alter-quiet-standing-in-fm-cfs-me\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[4326,725,4328,251,252,4324,4325,2968,4607],"class_list":["post-17995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ann-katrin-stensdotter","tag-cognitive-effort","tag-egil-a-fors","tag-fibromyalgia","tag-fm","tag-omid-rasouli","tag-ottar-vasseljen","tag-postural-control","tag-standing-test"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-4Gf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17995"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18149,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17995\/revisions\/18149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}