Psychological impact of fibromyalgia: current perspectives

CM Galvez-Sánchez, S Duschek… - … research and behavior …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread and
persistent musculoskeletal pain and other frequent symptoms such as fatigue, insomnia …

EULAR revised recommendations for the management of fibromyalgia

GJ Macfarlane, C Kronisch, LE Dean, F Atzeni… - Annals of the rheumatic …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective The original European League Against Rheumatism recommendations
for managing fibromyalgia assessed evidence up to 2005. The paucity of studies meant that …

Reframing chronic pain as a disease, not a symptom: rationale and implications for pain management

DJ Clauw, MN Essex, V Pitman… - Postgraduate medicine, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic pain is a common public health problem that has a detrimental impact on patient
health, quality of life (QoL), and function, and poses a substantial socioeconomic burden …

Fibromyalgia

W Häuser, J Ablin, MA Fitzcharles, G Littlejohn… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2015 - nature.com
Fibromyalgia is a common illness characterized by chronic widespread pain, sleep
problems (including unrefreshing sleep), physical exhaustion and cognitive difficulties. The …

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 …

Treatment of chronic non-cancer pain

DC Turk, HD Wilson, A Cahana - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Chronic pain is a pervasive problem that affects the patient, their significant others, and
society in many ways. The past decade has seen advances in our understanding of the …

Fibromyalgia syndrome: etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment

E Bellato, E Marini, F Castoldi… - Pain research and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Fibromyalgia syndrome is mainly characterized by pain, fatigue, and sleep disruption. The
etiology of fibromyalgia is still unclear: if central sensitization is considered to be the main …

Effect of tai chi versus aerobic exercise for fibromyalgia: comparative effectiveness randomized controlled trial

C Wang, CH Schmid, RA Fielding, WF Harvey, KF Reid… - bmj, 2018 - bmj.com
Objectives To determine the effectiveness of tai chi interventions compared with aerobic
exercise, a current core standard treatment in patients with fibromyalgia, and to test whether …

[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 …

A randomized trial of tai chi for fibromyalgia

C Wang, CH Schmid, R Rones, R Kalish… - … England Journal of …, 2010 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Previous research has suggested that tai chi offers a therapeutic benefit in
patients with fibromyalgia. Methods We conducted a single-blind, randomized trial of classic …