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 …

Enhanced therapeutic alliance modulates pain intensity and muscle pain sensitivity in patients with chronic low back pain: an experimental controlled study

J Fuentes, S Armijo-Olivo, M Funabashi… - Physical …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Physical therapy influences chronic pain by means of the specific ingredient of
an intervention as well as contextual factors including the setting and therapeutic alliance …

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 …

Pain facilitation and pain inhibition during conditioned pain modulation in fibromyalgia and in healthy controls

S Potvin, S Marchand - Pain, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Although fibromyalgia (FM) is associated with a deficit in inhibitory conditioned pain
modulation (CPM), the discriminative power of CPM procedures is unknown. Moreover, the …

[HTML][HTML] Focal modulation of the primary motor cortex in fibromyalgia using 4× 1-ring high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS): immediate and …

MF Villamar, P Wivatvongvana, J Patumanond… - The Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Fibromyalgia is a prevalent chronic pain syndrome characterized by altered pain and
sensory processing in the central nervous system, which is often refractory to multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Novas diretrizes para o diagnóstico da fibromialgia

RE Heymann, ES Paiva, JE Martinez… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Objective To establish guidelines based on scientific evidence for the diagnosis of
fibromyalgia. Material and methods Evidence collection was performed based on 9 …

[HTML][HTML] Clinically effective treatment of fibromyalgia pain with high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation: phase II open-label dose optimization

L Castillo-Saavedra, N Gebodh, M Bikson… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite promising preliminary results in treating fibromyalgia (FM) pain, no neuromodulation
technique has been adopted in clinical practice because of limited efficacy, low response …

Effects of treatment of peripheral pain generators in fibromyalgia patients

G Affaitati, R Costantini, A Fabrizio, D Lapenna… - European journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FS) frequently co-occurs with regional pain disorders. This study
evaluated how these disorders contribute to FS, by assessing effects of local active vs …

Fibromyalgia has a larger impact on physical health than on psychological health, yet both are markedly affected: the al-Ándalus project

V Segura-Jiménez, IC Álvarez-Gallardo… - Seminars in Arthritis and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives To characterize a representative sample of fibromyalgia women based on a set of
relevant factors known to be related to this disease. To distinguish specific factors of the …

[HTML][HTML] New guidelines for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia

RE Heymann, ES Paiva, JE Martinez… - Revista brasileira de …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Objective To establish guidelines based on scientific evidence for the diagnosis of
fibromyalgia. Material and methods Evidence collection was performed based on 9 …