Muscle fatigue in fibromyalgia is in the brain, not in the muscles: A case-control study of perceived versus objective muscle fatigue

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 963-966

  Bandak, Elisabeth ^a   Amris, Kirstine ^a   Bliddal, Henning ^a,b   Danneskiold Samsøe, Bente ^a,b   Henriksen, Marius ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; TASK PERFORMANCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FIBROMYALGIS/PAIN SYNDROMES; PATIENT PERSPECTIVE; PHYSCIAL THERAPY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877593264     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202340     Document Type: Article

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