Abstracts tagged "fibromyalgia and pain"

Abstract Number: 235 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Muscle Pressure Correlates with Pain Levels in Fibromyalgia Patients and Muscle Tension May Be the Cause of Their Pain
Alexandra Katz Small¹, Ben Small ², Josephine Anilao ², Jessica Polyak Wokurka ³ and Robert Katz ⁴, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, ²Rheumatology Associates, Chicago, IL, ³Rheumatology Associates, Chicago, ⁴Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Previous research has found that muscle pressure as measured by a pressure gauge is three times higher in the trapezius muscle in fibromyalgia patients…
Abstract Number: 236 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Repeat Muscle Pressures Measured in Fibromyalgia Patients and Compared with Pain Scores
Alexandra Katz Small¹, Ben Small ² and Robert Katz ³, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, ²Rheumatology Associates, Chicago, IL, ³Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Patients meeting the ACR criteria for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia were evaluated for intramuscular pressure using a pressure gauge from a trained physician or…
Abstract Number: 1870 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validation of an Electronic Version of the Michigan Body Map
Chad M. Brummett¹, David Kohns², Rishi Bakshi³, Jenna Goesling⁴, Stephanie Moser¹, Jennifer Pierce⁴, David Williams⁵, Daniel J. Clauw⁵, Afton L. Hassett¹ and Erin Spencer², ¹Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Physical Medicine Rehabilitaion, Univeristy of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Chronic Pain & Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: We previously validated the Michigan Body Map (MBM) to accurately assess widespread body pain and as a means of administering the Widespread Pain Index…
Abstract Number: 1871 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identifying Pain Sites Highly Associated with the Fibromyalgia (FM) Phenotype
Louis Lu¹, Stephanie Moser², Chad M. Brummett² and Daniel J. Clauw³, ¹Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care, UC Irvine, Orange, CA, ²Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Chronic Pain & Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia is challenging to diagnose given its overlapping symptoms with other chronic pain conditions. The most characteristic feature of FM is widespread pain, operationalized…
Abstract Number: 1977 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Elevated Levels of Eotaxin-2 in Serum of Fibromyalgia Patients
Victoria Furer¹, Eyal Hazan², Adi Mor³, Michal Segal³, Avi Katav³, Valerie Aloush⁴, Ori Elkayam⁴, Jacob George^3,5 and Jacob N. Ablin^6,7, ¹Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ²Internal Medicine D, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³ChemomAb Ltd. Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁴Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁵Heart Institute, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel, ⁶Internal Medicine H, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁷Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia is a widespread chronic pain syndrome (FMS) the pathogenesis of which remains incompletely understood. FMS patients demonstrate an altered profile of chemokines relative…
Abstract Number: 2205 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cognitive Functioning in Fibromyalgia: The Central Role of Effort
Jacob Ablin¹, Tamar Bar On –Kalfon², Gilad Gal³ and Ran Shorer², ¹Rheumatology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ²Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³School of Behavioral Sciences, Tel Aviv-Jaffa Academic College, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients demonstrate deficits in tests of attention, executive functioning and verbal memory. We assessed the role of effort in the cognitive…
Abstract Number: 2736 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Do Validated Tools of Disease Activity in Ankylosing Spondylitis Measure Fibromyalgia Pain?
Marina N. Magrey¹, Sherilyn Diomampo² and Muhammad Asim Khan³, ¹Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ³Medicine/ Rheumatology, Case Western Reserve Univ, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Concomitant fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a common problem in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and its recognition is important for optimal management. BASDAI, a disease activity…
Abstract Number: 71 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fibromyalgia Dysautonomia and Distress. Correlation Between the Newly Developed Composite Autonomic Symptoms (COMPASS-31) Questionnaire and the Fibromyalgia Polysymptomatic Distress Scale
Laura-Aline Martinez-Martinez¹, Maya Chacón Pérez², Paola Reyes-Loyola³ and Manuel Martínez-Lavín³, ¹National Institute of Cardiology. Mexico, Mexico City, TX, Mexico, ²National Institute of Cardiology, Mexico City, Mexico, ³National Institute of Cardiology. Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: A consistent line of investigation suggests that dysautonomia may explain the multisystem fibromyalgia features, and that fibromyalgia is a sympathetically maintained neuropathic pain syndrome.…
Abstract Number: 75 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fibromyalgia and Positional Cervical Cord Compression Differ Only By Autonomic Nervous System Consequences: A Double-Blinded, Prospective Study
Andrew Holman, Pacific Rheumatology Reseach, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: In 1998, C Muhle and D Resnick proposed a corollary to cervical spinal stenosis caused by intermittent abutment of the cervical spinal cord from…
Abstract Number: 915 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Defining Pain for Fibromyalgia Criteria: Multi-Site or Widespread? an Analysis of Data from Four UK Population-Based Studies
Gary J. Macfarlane¹, Linda E. Dean¹, Robert Bennett², Leslie J. Crofford³, Abimbola Ayorinde¹, Elisa Fluess¹, Daniel J. Clauw⁴, Mary-Ann Fitzcharles⁵, Don Goldenberg⁶, Eduardo Paiva⁷, Roland Staud⁸ and Lesley Arnold⁹, ¹Musculoskeletal Research Collaboration (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ²SN-Office of Research & Development, Oregon Health & Science Univ, Portland, OR, ³Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ⁴Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵MGH, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁷Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁸University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁹University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: The 1990 criteria for fibromyalgia (FM) remain the only set approved by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). They require that pain be both…
Abstract Number: 1019 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Brain Functional Connectivity Differentially Predicts Response to Two Centrally Acting Analgesics in Fibromyalgia
Eric Ichesco¹, Johnson Hampson², Lynne Pauer³, Andrew Clair⁴, Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke⁵, David A. Williams⁶, Daniel J. Clauw² and Richard E. Harris¹, ¹Anesthesiology, U. Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Pfizer Inc, New London, CT, ⁴Pfizer Inc., New York, NY, ⁵Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany, ⁶Anesthseiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Recently, several functional brain imaging techniques including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have been proposed to be useful in probing the mechanisms of action…
Abstract Number: 2290 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The 2011 Fibromyalgia (FM) Survey Criteria Are a Surrogate Measure of Pain Centralization
Steven E. Harte¹, Daniel J. Clauw², Andrew D. Clauw¹, J. Ryan Scott¹, Stephanie Moser¹ and Chad Brummett², ¹Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: The 2011 FM Survey Criteria can either be used as a dichotomous measure to diagnose an individual with FM, or in a continuous manner…
Abstract Number: 895 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Widespread Pain Frequency in Active Duty U.S. Service Members with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Bernard Hildebrand¹, Jay B. Higgs¹, Douglas Williamson², Edna Foa³, Patricia Resick⁴, Jim Mintz², Antoinette Brundige², Kevin Kelly⁵, Adam Borah⁵, Stacey Young-McCaughan², Brett Litz⁶, Elizabeth Hembree³ and Alan Peterson², ¹Rheumatology, San Antonio Military Medical Center, JBSA - Fort Sam Houston, TX, ²The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁵Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, TX, ⁶VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and pain are common amongst US military service members who have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Studies suggest the co-morbidity…
Abstract Number: 892 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Symptom Increase in Fibromyalgia Is Not Consistent with the Central Sensitization or Central Hyperresponsiveness Hypothesis
Frederick Wolfe¹, Brian T. Walitt², Johannes Rasker³, Robert S. Katz⁴ and Winfried Häuser⁵, ¹National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ²Rheumatology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, ³Dpt. Psychology, Health and Technology, University Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, ⁴Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, ⁵Klinikum Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany
Background/Purpose: The current dominant hypothesis explains fibromyalgia (FM) as a centralized pain state in which the CNS originates or amplifies pain, which is then accompanied…
Abstract Number: 2080 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Carryover Effects in Crossover Design Studies in Fibromyalgia and Other Pain Conditions
Lynne Pauer¹, Birol Emir², Ed Whalen³, Joseph Scavone⁴ and Andrew Clair², ¹445 Eastern Point Road, Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ²Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ³Pfizer Inc., New York, NY, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT
Background/Purpose: Explore carryover effects and their influence on crossover and randomized withdrawal design (RWD) studies.Methods: We examine pregabalin crossover and RWD studies in fibromyalgia (FM),…

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