Cerebrospinal fluid biogenic amine metabolites in fibromyalgia/fibrositis syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis. By Russell IJ, Vaeroy H, Javors M, Nyberg F. Arthritis Rheum. 1992 May;35(5):550-6. OBJECTIVE: To compare the levels of biogenic amines in the cerebrospinal [...]
Musculosketal symptoms and non-REMsleep disturbance in patients with “fibrositis syndrome” and healthy subjects By Moldofsky H, Scarisbrick P, England R, Smythe H. Psychosom Med. 1975 Jul-Aug;37(4):341-51. In sleep studies of (a) patients with the “fibrositis [...]
A prospective study of tender points and fibromyalgia during and after an acute viral infection. By Rea T, Russo J, Katon W, Ashley RL, Buchwald D. Arch Intern Med. 1999 Apr 26;159(8):865-70. BACKGROUND: Tender points [...]
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal stress axis function and the relationship with chronic widespread pain and its antecedents By McBeth J, Chiu YH, Silman AJ, Ray D, Morriss R, Dickens C, Gupta A, Macfarlane GJ. Arthritis Res Ther. 2005;7(5):R992-R1000. [...]
Clinical evidence for cervical myelopathy due to Chiari malformation and spinal stenosis in a non-randomized group of patients with the diagnosis of fibromyalgia By Heffez DS, Ross RE, Shade-Zeldow Y, Kostas K, Shah S, Gottschalk [...]
Dysautonomia in fibromyalgia syndrome: sympathetic skin responses and RR Interval analysis By Ulas UH, Unlu E, Hamamcioglu K, Odabasi Z, Cakci A, Vural O. Rheumatol Int. 2006 Mar;26(5):383-7. This study was planned to investigate the [...]
The relationship between psychological factors and health care-seeking behavior in fibromyalgia patients By Güleç H, Sayar K, Yazici Güleç M Turk Psikiyatri Derg. 2007 Spring;18(1):22-30 Uzm., SB, Erenköy RSHH., Istanbul, Turkey. huseyingulec@yahoo.com OBJECTIVE: The aim [...]
A comparison study of quality of life in women with fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndrome By Tüzün EH,Albayrak G, Eker L, Sözay S, Daşkapan A. Disabil Rehabil. 2004 Feb 18;26(4):198-202. Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of [...]
Affective distress and fibromyalgia By Sayar K, Gulec H, Topbas M, Kalyoncu A. Swiss Med Wkly. 2004 May 1;134(17-18):248-53. Daradeniz Technical University Medical School, Trabzon, Turkey. mkemalsayar@superonline.com PRINCIPLES: Elevated rates of lifetime and current psychiatric [...]
The prevalence of fibromyalgia in women aged 20-64 in Turkey By Topbas M, Cakirbay H, Gulec H, Akgol E, Ak I, Can G. Scand J Rheumatol. 2005 Mar-Apr;34(2):140-4. Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, [...]