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6347207

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-8-11
pubmed:abstractText
Twenty-two patients with fibrositis, selected from a general medical outpatient population by a screening questionnaire and subsequent evaluation, were compared with age-, sex-, and clinic-matched patients without fibrositis. Although there was a high prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints in both groups, the fibrositis patients had a uniform constellation of symptoms, including axial pain, severe aching and stiffness, morning fatigue, and modulation by specific factors. They also had a higher incidence of tension headache and irritable bowel syndrome. The use of a dolorimeter demonstrated that fibrositis patients had many more areas of localized tenderness than control patients, but also that fibrositis patients did not have diffusely diminished pain threshold and tolerance. Using the criteria of this study, fibrositis appears to be a common and readily definable syndrome within the spectrum of soft tissue rheumatism.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0004-3591
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
817-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical characteristics of fibrositis. I. A "blinded," controlled study of symptoms and tender points.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't