Reactivity to superficial and deep stimuli in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain

In this study, we evaluated pain sensitivity in patients with fibromyalgia or other types of chronic, diffuse musculoskeletal pain to establish whether fibromyalgia represents the end of a continuum of dysfunction in the nociceptive system. One hundred and forty five patients and 22 healthy subjects...

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Published in:	Pain (Amsterdam) Vol. 100; no. 3; pp. 259 - 269
Main Authors:	Carli, Giancarlo, Suman, Anna Lisa, Biasi, Giovanni, Marcolongo, Roberto
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01-12-2002 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc Elsevier
Subjects:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Chronic Disease Cold Temperature - adverse effects Diseases of striated muscles. Neuromuscular diseases Female Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia - classification Fibromyalgia - complications Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Hyperalgesia Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Neurology Pain - classification Pain - diagnosis Pain - etiology Pain - psychology Pain extent Pain Measurement - methods Pain sensitivity Pain Threshold Perception Physical Stimulation Pressure Proprioception. Interoception. Pain perception Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Quantitative sensory testing Reproducibility of Results Sensitivity and Specificity Statistics as Topic Tender points Pain sensitivity Fibromyalgia Pain extent Tender points Quantitative sensory testing Hyperalgesia Temperature Questionnaire Diseases of the osteoarticular system Environmental factor Pain Investigation method Stiffness Human Cold Tolerance Fatigue Stimulator Experimental study Striated muscle disease Heat Chronic Sensitivity Reactivity Sleep Dysfunction
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