Understanding fibromyalgia and its resultant disability

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 769-772

  Grodman, Ivy ^a   Buskila, Dan ^b   Arnson, Yoav ^a,b   Altaman, Arie ^a,b   Amital, Daniela ^c   Amital, Howard ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c NESS ZIONA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Central sensitization; Disability; Fibromyalgia; Pain; Sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE P;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SENSITIZATION; DISABILITY; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEMORY DISORDER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; WORKPLACE; CHRONIC PAIN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSON; DYSTHYMIA; INHERITANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MENTAL FATIGUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84858038450     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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