Tender point count and total myalgic score in fibromyalgia: Changes over a 28-day period

Rheumatology International

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1011-1018

  McVeigh, J G ^a   Finch, M B ^b   Hurley, D A ^c   Basford, J R ^d   Sim, J ^e   Baxter, G D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Pain; Pressure pain threshold; Tender point count

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 34547851683     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-007-0404-8     Document Type: Article

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