ArticlePain reports
Chronic musculoskeletal pain: traps and pitfalls in classification and management of a major global disease burden.
Article in Pain reports. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Treating myofascial pain with dry needling: a systematic review for the best evidence-based practices in low back pain.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2023Pooled it
- Diagnostic Utility of Surface Electromyography for Identifying Muscles Affected by Myofascial Trigger Points: A Scoping Review.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- The Use of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation for the Management of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Fad or Future?Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Pain as a disease in the new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11): Latin American expert consensus.Pain management · 2024Review
- [Nociplastic pain in research and practice : Overview of biopsychosocial principles, possibilities and difficulties].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2023Review
- Back Pain without Disease or Substantial Injury in Children and Adolescents: A Twin Family Study Investigating Genetic Influence and Associations.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Can Myofascial Trigger Points Involve Nociplastic Pain? A Scoping Review on Animal Models.Journal of pain research · 2023Article
- Effects of pain and depression on the relationship between household solid fuel use and disability among middle-aged and older adults.Scientific reports · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
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Funding
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Abstract
Mary-Ann Fitzcharles et al. propose to introduce "regional fibromyalgia" as a new diagnosis. This commentary summarizes why this term is misleading but nonetheless the article may pave the way towards useful concepts for myofascial pains.
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