What do tender points measure? Influence of distress on 4 measures of tenderness

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 567-574

  Petzke, Frank ^a   Gracely, Richard H ^c   Park, Karen M ^b   Ambrose, Kirsten ^a   Clauw, Daniel J ^a,d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Distress; Fibromyalgia; Pain; Psychophysical; Tender points; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARANOIA; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATIZATION;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0347297164     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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