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Although cross-sectional studies have identified correlates of dysfunction in fibromyalgia (FM) patients (e.g., psychological distress and pain), predictors of health status have not been previously investigated using a longitudinal research design. We gathered data from 156 women who met American College of Rheumatology criteria for primary FM recruited from both tertiary care and community settings. Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis indicated that poorer health status (p < .0001) and more comorbidity (p = .0089) at baseline were predictors of poorer health status 6 months later. After controlling for these covariates, psychological distress contributed significantly to the model (p = .01). There was a trend indicating that palliative coping styles (i.e., self-care, energy conservation) altered the impact of pain on 6-month health status (p = .06). These findings highlight the need for multidisciplinary interventions that target psychological distress, coping, and comorbidity in patients with FM.
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PMID:Predictors of health status in women with fibromyalgia: a prospective study. 1671 27

This review provides an overview of the effects of non-pharmacological treatments for patients with fibromyalgia (FM), including cognitive-behavioural therapy, exercise training programmes, or a combination of the two. After summarising and discussing preliminary evidence of the rationale of non-pharmacological treatment in patients with FM, we reviewed randomised, controlled trials for possible predictors of the success of treatment such as patient and treatment characteristics. In spite of support for their suitability in FM, the effects of non-pharmacological interventions are limited and positive outcomes largely disappear in the long term. However, within the various populations with FM, treatment outcomes showed considerable individual variations. In particular, specific subgroups of patients characterised by relatively high levels of psychological distress seem to benefit most from non-pharmacological interventions. Preliminary evidence of retrospective treatment analyses suggests that the efficacy may be enhanced by offering tailored treatment approaches at an early stage to patients who are at risk of developing chronic physical and psychological impairments.
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PMID:Cognitive-behavioural therapies and exercise programmes for patients with fibromyalgia: state of the art and future directions. 1691 56

The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of computerized cuff pressure algometry (CPA) in fibromyalgia (FM) and to correlate deep-tissue sensitivity assessed by CPA with other disease markers of FM. Forty-eight women with FM and 16 healthy age-matched women were included. A computer-controlled, pneumatic tourniquet cuff was placed over the gastrocnemius muscle. The cuff was inflated, and the subject rated the pain intensity continuously on an electronic Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The subject stopped the inflation at the pressure-pain tolerance and the corresponding VAS-score was determined (pressure-pain limit). The pressure at which VAS firstly exceeded 0 was defined as the pressure-pain threshold. Other disease markers (FM only): Isokinetic knee muscle strength, tenderpoint-count, myalgic score, Beck Depression Inventory, and Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire. Student's T-test was used to compare pressure-pain threshold and pressure-pain tolerance and the Mann-Whitney test to compare pressure-pain limit. Pearson's correlation was used to detect linear relationships. Pressure-pain threshold and pressure-pain tolerance assessed by CPA were significantly lower in FM compared to healthy controls. There was no difference in pressure-pain limit. CPA-parameters were significantly correlated to isokinetic muscle strength where more hypersensitivity resulted in lower strength. Pressure-pain threshold and pressure-pain tolerance assessed by CPA were significantly lower in patients with FM indicating muscle hyperalgesia. CPA was associated with knee muscle strength but not with measures thought to be influenced by psychological distress and mood.
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PMID:Computerized cuff pressure algometry: A new method to assess deep-tissue hypersensitivity in fibromyalgia. 1725 57

People with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) experience unrefreshing sleep, aches, hypersensitivity, and cognitive and emotional difficulties. Although no specific causative factor or biological agent is known to account for all of the features of FMS and these related diagnoses, the generalized hypersensitivity of the body is considered to be affected by disturbances in central nervous system (CNS) functions. Such CNS disturbances are intrinsic to the sleeping-waking brain, where the common symptom elements in all these illnesses are poor quality of sleep, nonspecific pain, fatigue, and psychological distress in the absence of known disease pathology.
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PMID:The significance, assessment, and management of nonrestorative sleep in fibromyalgia syndrome. 1832 70

The clinical focus of rheumatologists on the widespread pain and numerous tender points in specific anatomic regions in their patients who show no evidence for disease pathology has lead to the characterization of such peripheral symptoms as a specific disorder of the musculoskeletal system, now commonly known as fibromyalgia. This rheumatologic diagnostic entity has resulted in relative inattention to an understanding of their patients' common complaints of unrefreshing sleep, chronic fatigue and psychological distress. Experimental evidence from humans and animal studies indicate that there is an inter-relationship of disturbances in the physiology of the sleeping-waking brain with the widespread musculoskeletal pain, chronic fatigue, and psychological distress in patients with hitherto unexplained pain/fatigue illnesses, e.g., fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndromes. The emerging knowledge of the dysfunction of the nervous system in such patients has lead to the study of novel medications that affect neurotransmitter functions, e.g., pregabalin, serotonin/noradrenaline compounds and sodium oxybate that are shown to improve many of the symptoms of such patients.
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PMID:The significance of the sleeping-waking brain for the understanding of widespread musculoskeletal pain and fatigue in fibromyalgia syndrome and allied syndromes. 1845 36

Primary fibromyalgia, a poorly-understood chronic pain syndrome, is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, nonrestorative sleep, fatigue, psychological distress, and specific regions of localized tenderness, all in the absence of otherwise apparent organic disease. While the etiology of fibromyalgia is unclear, accumulating data suggest that disordered central pain processing likely plays a role in the pathogenesis of symptoms. Although various pharmacological treatments have been studied and espoused for treating fibromyalgia, no single drug or group of drugs has proved to be particularly useful in treating fibromyalgia patients as a whole, and only one drug to date has earned U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for treating the syndrome in the United States. This review critically and systematically evaluates clinical investigations of medicinal and nonmedicinal treatments for fibromyalgia dating from 1970 to 2007.
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PMID:Update on fibromyalgia therapy. 1858 48

Fibromyalgia syndrome is known to cause significant morbidity among adults characterised by widespread musculoskeletal pain, stiffness, fatigue, non-restorative sleep, cognitive dysfunction and diminished physical function. Although well-recognised in adults, the impact of the syndrome in the paediatric population has only recently been addressed. The estimated prevalence of juvenile primary fibromyalgia syndrome (JPFS) is 1.2%-6.2%. Prevalence is higher in girls than boys, and peaks at the time of puberty. JPFS is of unknown aetiology, characterised by numerous symptoms that mimic the symptoms of adult fibromyalgia syndrome, the most prevalent being sleep disturbance, widespread persistent musculoskeletal pain and fatigue. JPFS has a major influence on health, physical function and quality of life. The diagnosis of JPFS is based on the criteria defined by Yunus and Masi (1985), which include generalised musculoskeletal aching at three or more regions for at least three months and at least five of eighteen typical tender points. The precise cause of JPFS is unknown, but there is an emerging understanding that the development of this syndrome is related to many factors, such as genetic and anatomic factors, disordered sleep and psychological distress. According to emerging studies, a multidisciplinary treatment may be helpful in treating JPFS. Multicomponent treatment that includes attendance by patient and parents, sleep hygiene with or without medication, physical training and cognitive behavioural therapy, is advocated.
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PMID:[Juvenile primary fibromyalgia syndrome--review]. 1859 23

The main goal of this project was to identify the presence of fibromyalgia (FM) subgroups using a simple and frequently used clinical tool, the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ). A total of 61 women diagnosed with FM participated in this study. FM subgroups were created by applying a hierarchical cluster analysis on selected items of the FIQ (pain, fatigue, morning tiredness, stiffness, anxiety and depressive symptoms). We also tested for group differences on experimental pain, psychosocial functioning and demographic characteristics. Two cluster profiles best fit our data. FM-Type I was characterized by the lowest levels of anxiety, depressive and morning tiredness symptoms, while FM-Type II was characterized by elevated levels of pain, fatigue, morning tiredness, stiffness, anxiety and depressive symptoms. Both FM subgroups showed hyperalgesic responses to experimental pain. These results suggest that pain and stiffness are universal symptoms of the disorder but that psychological distress is a feature present only in some patients.
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PMID:Fibromyalgia subgroups: profiling distinct subgroups using the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire. A preliminary study. 2049 Aug 4

The impact of pain beliefs on coping and adjustment is well established. However, less is known about how beliefs unrelated to pain might impact upon this experience. In particular, just world beliefs could impact upon and be influenced by chronic pain, given that pain is not experienced in a vacuum but instead is experienced in a social context where justice issues are potentially salient. The focus of this study was the ability of personal and general just world beliefs to moderate the relationships psychological distress held with pain intensity and disability in chronic pain. The sample (N=95) was recruited from members of arthritis and fibromyalgia support groups to investigate these social beliefs in a controlled community pain context. A cross-sectional, questionnaire design was adopted. The personal just world belief was endorsed significantly more than the general just world belief, and endorsement of the personal just world belief was negatively correlated with pain intensity, disability and psychological distress, while the general just world belief was unrelated to these variables. When interaction terms relating to personal and general just world beliefs were entered simultaneously into regression analyses, the personal just world belief did not predict psychological distress. However, pain intensity positively predicted psychological distress at low but not high levels of the general just world belief, while disability predicted psychological distress at low and high levels of this belief. This suggests that a strong general just world belief has implications for psychological well-being in chronic pain, and as such this belief may occupy a potential coping function in this context.
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PMID:Just world beliefs moderate the relationship of pain intensity and disability with psychological distress in chronic pain support group members. 1912 90

Fibromyalgia is a functional somatic syndrome characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, poor sleep, and exercise intolerance, frequently (but inconstantly) associated with psychological distress. Fibromyalgia is a common condition, affecting predominantly middle-aged women, with a chronic course. Fibromaylgia should be differentiated from, and may be associated with, a number of metabolic, rheumatic, neurological or psychiatric conditions. The most plausible pathophysiologic mechanism involves an alteration of pain modulation at the peripheral and central levels of the nervous system ("sensitization"). Psychosocial factors play an important role in precipitating and maintaining symptoms, health care utilization, and disablement. Treatments of fibromyalgia rely mainly on the acknowledgement of pain and distress, patient education, analgesics, balneotherapy and physiotherapy, physical reconditioning (aerobic exercise), and certain antidepressants.
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PMID:[Should we make the diagnosis of fibromyalgia?]. 1925 76


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