PR_185: A Critical Analysis of the Tender Points in Fibromyalgia
β Scribed by Devi E. Nampiaparampil; R. Norman Harden; Gadi Revivo; Marie Kirincic; Timothy Houle; Sharon Song
- Book ID
- 116235900
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 56 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-821X
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## Abstract Fibromyalgia is a syndrome manifested by chronic, diffuse muscuβloskeletal aching and soreness, palpable muscle tender points, and other symptoms. Standardized clinical diagnostic criteria have recently been developed. Skeletal muscle has been postulated as the end organ in this disease
31P Magnetic Resonance-Spectroscopy was performed at the site of tender points in the trapezius muscle of patients with primary fibromyalgia syndrome. Earlier, in vitro studies have reported changes in the high energy phosphate-metabolism in biopsies taken from tender points of fibromyalgia patients