ReviewTherapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease2017
Controversies and challenges in fibromyalgia: a review and a proposal.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The bodily self in fibromyalgia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of body image, body representation, and interoceptive dysfunction.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2026Pooled it
- Dance for Chronic Pain Conditions: A Systematic Review.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2022Pooled it
- Mapping emotional function in fibromyalgia: integrating alexithymia, pain catastrophizing, and self-compassion.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2026Article
- Impact of Manual Therapy on Plantar Pressures in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Single-Arm, Non-Randomized Pilot Clinical Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Fibromyalgia severity and symptoms are associated with the disorders of gut-brain interaction.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Observational
- Prevalence of FMS Diagnosis According to ACR 2016 Revised Criteria in a Pain Therapy Centre in Italy: Observational Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Observational
- Psoriasis and Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- A randomized controlled trial of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy in the treatment of fibromyalgia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Home-Based Treatment for Chronic Pain Combining Neuromodulation, Computer-Assisted Training, and Telemonitoring in Patients With Breast Cancer: Protocol for a Rehabilitative Study.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Aetiological Understanding of Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Classificatory Analogues: A Systematic Umbrella Review.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2023Review
- The frequency of psychiatric disorder co-morbidities in patients with fibromyalgia: A cross-sectional study in Iran.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Fibromyalgia Rapid Screening Tool (FiRST): Arabic Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Improvement of Pain Symptoms in Musculoskeletal Diseases After Multimodal Spa Therapy in the Austrian Gastein Valley-A Study Based on Longitudinal Registry Data.International journal of public health · 2023Article
- Pharmacological Interaction of Quercetin Derivatives ofMetabolites · 2022Article
- The autonomic aspects of the post-COVID19 syndrome.Autoimmunity reviews · 2022Review
- Metabolomic and proteomic characterization of sng and pain phenotypes in fibromyalgia.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2022Article
- Sensory Perception Quotient Reveals Visual, Scent and Touch Sensory Hypersensitivity in People With Fibromyalgia Syndrome.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Patient Perspectives of Disease Activity, Medications and Substance Use in People with Fibromyalgia.Open access rheumatology : research and reviews · 2022Article
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- The Impact of Tinnitus on Fibromyalgia.Journal of rheumatic diseases · 2021Article
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Abstract
Fibromyalgia (FM) is the most commonly encountered chronic widespread pain (CWP) condition in rheumatology. In comparison to inflammatory arthritis (IA), it can seem ill defined with no clear understanding of the pathology and therefore no specific targeted treatment. This inevitably raises controversies and challenges. However, this is an outdated view perpetuated by poor teaching of pain at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and the perennial problem of advances in relevant cross-speciality knowledge penetrating speciality silos. Research has provided a better understanding of the aetiopathology and FM is now regarded as a centralized pain state. Effective treatment is possible utilizing a multidisciplinary approach combining nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatments rooted in a biopsychosocial model. This article will provide a review of the mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of FM, focus on some ongoing contentious issues and propose a change to the diagnostic terminology.
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