Background. Preliminary evidence suggests that psychological trauma, especially childhood
trauma, is a risk factor for the onset of fibromyalgia (FM). Objective. The main objective of this …

Little research has investigated how traumatic experiences relate to fibromyalgia (FM). We
explored the presence of trauma exposure in a sample of Spanish participants with FM and …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether history of childhood trauma is associated with loss of
functionality in adult women with fibromyalgia (FM). A secondary objective was to assess the …

Objective: Fibromyalgia syndrome [FMS] is a chronic condition that is resistant to treatment
and has no known cause. However, researchers have hypothesized a number of possible …

A link between fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has
been suggested because both conditions share some similar symptoms. The temporal …

Objective: Psychological factors like traumatic life events seem to affect the etiopathogenesis
and the exacerbation of fibromyalgia (FM), a chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain …

BackgroundFibromyalgia is a chronic condition characterised by widespread
musculoskeletal pain. Although accumulating evidence suggests that exposure to stressful …

Background Emotional and physical abuse and neglect in childhood and adolescence
[childhood maltreatments (CMs)] are considered to play a role in the etiology of fibromyalgia …

Objective. Fibromyalgia (FM) is defined as a severe, chronic, non-articular rheumatic
condition characterised by widespread musculoskeletal pain, hyperalgesia and generalised …

Objective The robustness of findings on retrospective self-reports of childhood maltreatment
and lifetime traumatic experiences of adults with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) has not been …