Fibromyalgia (FM) is a condition with a different non-specific symptoms which lead to a difficult diagnosis. Study suggests that osteopathy can help in improving FM symptoms, nevertheless, it can be difficult to identify which patients may benefit. The knowledge of FM risk factor can be useful tool for osteopaths and other clinician to implement a targeted, fast and multidisciplinary treatment protocol for those kind of patient.

Inclusion Criteria:

• female patients
• Patient from Piedmont
• age between 20 and 65 years old
• inform consent
• for case group primary or secondary fibromyalgia

Exclusion Criteria:

• systemic or rheumatic or neoplastic diseases
• for control group the presence of primary or secondary fibromyalgia

Female women were used because have higher risk of fibromyalgia development.

Female patients with or without fibromyalgia