Discriminative value of tender points in fibromyalgia syndrome

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 466-471

  Tastekin, Nurettin ^a   Uzunca, Kaan ^a   Sut, Necdet ^b   Birtane, Murat ^a   Mercimek, Oznur Berke ^a  

^a Fizikon Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Dolorimeter; Fibromyalgia; Pain assessment and methods; Tender points

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 77950973773     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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