Pain Information Center
Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, sleep disturbance, fatigue.
Rheumatology Information Center
Researchers evaluated the association between fibromyalgia in psoriatic arthritis and enthesopathy, sleep, fatigue, and quality of life.
Cardiovascular Disease Information Center
For women with fibromyalgia, comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder may contribute to blunted cardiovascular reactivity to stress.
Pain Management Information Center
Tai chi interventions may be more effective at treating fibromyalgia than aerobic exercise.
Pain Information Center
Supraspinal augmentation of sensory input, including sound, may represent a hallmark of fibromyalgia.
Advisor Forum
Should all patients with fibromyalgia undergo sleep studies?
Advisor Forum
Has anyone found a pathophysiologic cause for fibromyalgia? The symptoms of fibromyalgia and various psychiatric illnesses are very similar, and I wonder if we should be treating a psychiatric condition rather than a medical one.—Bret Bellard, MD, Carson City, Nev. Pain amplification in fibromyalgia is likely caused by neurohormonal abnormalities in the central nervous system.…
Fibromyalgia Information Center
Patients with migraine may exhibit higher prevalence of restless leg syndrome, fibromyalgia, and depressive symptoms compared with individuals not experiencing migraines.
Pain Information Center
In a randomized control trial, researchers found that internet-delivered exposure therapy was more cost-effective for patients with fibromyalgia than a waitlist control, which did not involve any treatment during the experimental phase of the study.
Sleep Information Center
Patients with fibromyalgia suffer from chronic pain, which limits physical activity and is associated with disturbed sleep. However, the relationship between physical activity, pain, and sleep is unclear.