Open AccessThe evaluation of the fibromyalgia patients
Author(s) -
Fabiola Atzeni,
Fausto Salaffi,
Laura Bazzichi,
Richard H. Gracely,
R. Carignola,
Riccardo Torta,
Roberto Gorla,
A. Marsico,
Francesco Ceccherelli,
M. Cazzola,
Dan Buskila,
M. Späth,
Manuela Di Franco,
Giovanni Biasi,
G. Cassisi,
S. Stisi,
Roberto Casale,
L Altomonte,
G. Arioli,
Alessandra Alciati,
G. Leardini,
Franco Marinangeli,
M. A. Giamberardino,
Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
reumatismo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.294
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2240-2683
pISSN - 0048-7449
DOI - 10.4081/reumatismo.2008.1s.36
Subject(s) - medicine , fibromyalgia , physical therapy , incidence (geometry) , population , disease , sleep (system call) , chronic pain , physical medicine and rehabilitation , operating system , physics , environmental health , computer science , optics
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a rheumatic disease characterized by musculoskeletal pain, chronic diffuse tension and/or stiffness from joints and muscles, easy fatigue, sleep and emotional disturbances, and pressure pain sensitivity in at least 11 of 18 tender points (TP) (1, 2). This disease has an incidence of 2% in the general population, but it is found more often in middle-aged women (3.4%) (3, 4). The etiopathogenesis of FM has not been clarified yet. FM patients have a dysregulation of pain neurotransmitters and neurohormone-mediated association with irregularities in the physiology of sleep..