Pressure pain thresholds and tender point counts as predictors of new chronic widespread pain in somatising subjects

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 517-521

  Gupta, A ^a   McBeth, J ^a   Macfarlane, G J ^b   Morriss, R ^c   Dickens, C ^a   Ray, D ^a   Chiu, Y H ^a   Silman, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Polwarth Building   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 34147193574     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.054650     Document Type: Article

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