Subgrouping of Fibromyalgia Patients on the Basis of Pressure-Pain Thresholds and Psychological Factors

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2916-2922

  Giesecke, Thorsten ^a   Williams, David A ^a   Harris, Richard E ^a   Cupps, Thomas R ^b   Tian, Xiaoming ^c   Tian, Thomas X ^c   Gracely, Richard H ^a   Clauw, Daniel J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Academy of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERSONALITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE;

EID: 0142040426     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11272     Document Type: Article

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