Evidenced-Based Guidelines on the Treatment of Fibromyalgia Patients: Are They Consistent and If Not, Why Not? Have Effective Psychological Treatments Been Overlooked?

Journal of Pain

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 747-756

  Thieme, Kati ^a   Mathys, Marc ^a   Turk, Dennis C ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; guidelines; inclusion criteria; ranking system; systematic review

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; META ANALYSIS; STANDARDS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 85014578556     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2016.12.006     Document Type: Article

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