Trauma and fibromyalgia: Is there an association and what does it mean?

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 200-216

  White, Kevin P ^a,b,c   Carette, Simon ^a,b,c   Harth, Manfred ^a,b,c   Teasell, Robert W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Epidemiology; Fibromyalgia; Post traumatic pain

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG FRACTURE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NECK INJURY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; WORK DISABILITY;

EID: 0033952217     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-0172(00)80009-8     Document Type: Article

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