Quantitative electroencephalographic abnormalities in fibromyalgia patients

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 132-139

  Hargrove, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Bennett, Robert M ^c   Simons, David G ^d   Smith, Susan J ^a   Nagpal, Sunil ^a   Deering, Donald E ^e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NeuroHealth Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Pain severity; Quantitative electroencephalography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SENSORY EVALUATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPINAL CORD; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77955640323     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005941004100305     Document Type: Article

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