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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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: 2079 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Association Between Straight Neck and Fibromyalgia
Background/Purpose: It has been suggested that patients with fibromyalgia very often have radiographic straight neck. According to one study, 71% of patients with fibromyalgia lose…Abstract Number: 2071 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Chronic Widespread Pain Versus Multi-Site Pain: Does the Distribution Matter?
Background/Purpose: The ACR 1990 diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia includes a definition for chronic widespread pain (CWP) that depends on a particular distribution of pain sites.…Abstract Number: 2067 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Understanding the Factors Influencing Time to Diagnosis in Fibromyalgia
Background/Purpose - Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic debilitating disorder considered to be part of a spectrum of central sensitization syndromes. The diagnosis of FM is…
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