Table 1.

The force–time curves characteristics (peak force, time to reach maximum plateau, and area under the curve) in fibromyalgia patients and healthy controls.

HGs characteristics	FM (110 patients)				Healthy controls (111 subjects)
	Mean	Median	SD	25–75 P	Mean	Median	SD	25–75 P
Peak Force (Kg/30 sec)	14.78	13.91	4.74	11.03–18.72	19.90	19.36	5.39	16.41–23.55
Time to reach maximum plateau (sec)	15.50	15.00	6.36	10.00–20.00	11.82	10.00	5.67	7.50–15.00
Area under the curve	363.79	342.76	115.47	267.66–464.96	501.84	496.55	137.86	410.12–585.26

Abbreviations: HGs = handgrip strength, FM = fibromyalgia, SD = standard deviation, P = percentile.