Fibromyalgia: a critical and comprehensive review

AT Borchers, ME Gershwin - Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2015 - Springer
Fibromyalgia is a disorder that is part of a spectrum of syndromes that lack precise
classification. It is often considered as part of the global overview of functional somatic …

The clinical concept of fibromyalgia as a changing paradigm in the past 20 years

MA Fitzcharles, MB Yunus - Pain Research and Treatment, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Fibromyalgia (FMS) is a valid clinical condition that affects 2%–4% of the population with a
pivot symptom of widespread body pain. The cause and cure of FMS are as yet unknown …

[PDF][PDF] The fibromyalgia impact questionnaire: development and validation

CS Burckhardt, SR Clark, RM Bennett - J rheumatol, 1991 - Citeseer
What is the little button for? This button is pushed at bedtime and awake time to let the
research know what time you went to bed and got up. This button can also be used with the …

2012 Canadian guidelines for the diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia syndrome: executive summary

MA Fitzcharles, PA Ste-Marie… - Pain Research and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Recent neurophysiological evidence attests to the validity of fibromyalgia
(FM), a chronic pain condition that affects> 2% of the population. OBJECTIVES: To present …

Implication of the nociplastic features for clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia: development of the preliminary Nociplastic‐Based Fibromyalgia Features (NFF) tool

B Ghavidel‐Parsa, A Bidari… - ACR open …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Nociplastic concept incorporates a broad continuum of pain phenotypes shared
with clinical peculiarity. This study aimed to develop and validate a diagnostic tool, the …

Concurrent validation of a pressure pain threshold scale for individuals with myofascial pain syndrome and fibromyalgia

SW Cheatham, MJ Kolber, GM Mokha… - Journal of Manual & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Manual pressure palpation is an examination technique used in the
classification of myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) and fibromyalgia (FM). Currently, there are …

The effects of long-and short-term interdisciplinary treatment approaches in women with fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial

I Saral, D Sindel, S Esmaeilzadeh… - Rheumatology …, 2016 - Springer
We investigated the effects of long-and short-term interdisciplinary treatment approaches for
reducing symptoms and improving health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and physical …

PAIN IN FIBROMYALGIA AND DISCRIMINATIVE POWER OF THE INSTRUMENTS: VISUAL ANALOG SCALE. DOLORIMETRY AND THE MCGILL PAIN …

AP Marques, A Assumpcao… - Acta reumatologica …, 2008 - search.ebscohost.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to verify the discriminative power ofthe most widely used
pain assessment instruments. Methods: The sample consisted of 279 subjects divided into …

The effects of fibromyalgia syndrome on female sexuality: a controlled study

H Yilmaz, SD Yilmaz, HAD Polat, A Salli… - The Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Fibromyalgia may have negative effects on sexual function in women. Aims To
evaluate the sexuality of women with fibromyalgia and healthy control subjects, and to …

Clasificación de la fibromialgia. Revisión sistemática de la literatura

R Belenguer, M Ramos-Casals, A Siso, J Rivera - Reumatología clínica, 2009 - Elsevier
Objetivo Recopilar la información existente sobre la clasificación de la fibromialgia (FM),
analizar los antecedentes relevantes en relación con una subdivisión nosológica y …