Myofascial pain and fibromyalgia syndrome

The american college of rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia

1990 • 9,396 citations

Shared decision-making in the medical encounter: What does it mean? (or it takes at least two to tango)

1997 • 3,769 citations

The prevalence and characteristics of fibromyalgia in the general population

1995 • 2,428 citations

Functional magnetic resonance imaging evidence of augmented pain processing in fibromyalgia

2002 • 1,228 citations

Musculosketal Symptoms and Non-REM Sleep Disturbance in Patients with “Fibrositis Syndrome” and Healthy Subjects

1975 • 851 citations

Pregabalin for the treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome: Results of a randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial

2005 • 655 citations

A double‐blind, multicenter trial comparing duloxetine with placebo in the treatment of fibromyalgia patients with or without major depressive disorder

2004 • 623 citations

Cerebrospinal fluid biogenic amine metabolites in fibromyalgia/fibrositis syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis

1992 • 545 citations

Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis perturbations in patients with fibromyalgia

1994 • 506 citations

A randomized, double‐blind crossover trial of fluoxetine and amitriptyline in the treatment of fibromyalgia

1996 • 427 citations

Elevated CSF levels of substance P and high incidence of Raynaud phenomenon in patients with fibromyalgia: new features for diagnosis

1988 • 426 citations

Tramadol and acetaminophen combination tablets in the treatment of fibromyalgia pain: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study

2003 • 408 citations

Fibromyalgia in women

1995 • 388 citations

Psychiatric Disorders in Patients With Fibromyalgia

1999 • 379 citations

A prospective, longitudinal, multicenter study of service utilization and costs in fibromyalgia

1997 • 375 citations

Treatment of fibromyalgia with antidepressants

2000 • 342 citations

Cognitive function in fibromyalgia patients

2001 • 341 citations

Comparison of Amitriptyline, Cyclobenzaprine, and Placebo in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia

1994 • 339 citations

The Overdiagnosis of Lyme Disease

1993 • 336 citations

Increased rates of fibromyalgia following cervical spine injury. A Controlled study of 161 cases of traumatic injury

1997 • 334 citations

Understanding and measurement of muscle tone as related to clinical muscle pain

1998 • 334 citations

Cytokines play an aetiopathogenetic role in fibromyalgia: a hypothesis and pilot study

2001 • 330 citations

Anticonvulsants for Neuropathic Pain Syndromes

2000 • 330 citations

Psychiatric diagnoses in patients with fibromyalgia are related to health care–seeking behavior rather than to illness

1996 • 274 citations

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled Study of Growth Hormone in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia 11Supported in part by a research grant from Genentech, Inc., San Francisco.

1998 • 233 citations

Psychiatric status of patients with primary fibromyalgia, patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and subjects without pain: a blind comparison of DSM-III diagnoses

1991 • 226 citations

Childhood victimization and pain in adulthood: a prospective investigation

2001 • 207 citations

Reduced hypothalamic-pituitary and sympathoadrenal responses to hypoglycemia in women with fibromyalgia syndrome

1999 • 202 citations

Efficacy of Tramadol in Treatment of Pain in Fibromyalgia

2000 • 198 citations

Increased concentrations of nerve growth factor in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with fibromyalgia.

1999 • 194 citations

Serotonin levels, pain threshold, and fibromyalgia symptoms in the general population.

1997 • 180 citations

Familial aggregation in the fihromyalgia syndrome

1996 • 177 citations

Hypothalamic-pituitary-insulin-like growth factor-I axis dysfunction in patients with fibromyalgia.

1997 • 152 citations

The effect of zolpidem in patients with fibromyalgia: a dose ranging, double blind, placebo controlled, modified crossover study.

1996 • 146 citations

Cytokines and depression in cases with fibromyalgia.

2002 • 146 citations

Circulating hyaluronic acid levels vary with physical activity in healthy subjects and in rheumatoid arthritis patients. relationship to synovitis mass and morning stiffness

1987 • 137 citations

Advances in Fibromyalgia: Possible Role for Central Neurochemicals

1998 • 131 citations

Signs and Symptoms of the Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A National Survey of Pain Management Providers

2000 • 128 citations

Electron microscopic studies of muscle biopsy in primary fibromyalgia syndrome: a controlled and blinded study.

1989 • 121 citations

Clinical and Immunomodulatory Effect of Fun-boi, an Herbal Medicine, in Rheumatoid Arthritis

2000 • 121 citations

Double-Blind Study of 5-Hydroxytryptophan versus Placebo in the Treatment of Primary Fibromyalgia Syndrome

1990 • 120 citations

Advances in Fibromyalgia: Possible Role for Central Neurochemicals

1998 • 116 citations

Fibromyalgia: Where are we a decade after the American College of Rheumatology classification criteria were developed?

2002 • 114 citations

Muscle pain syndromes--Part I.

1975 • 102 citations

Impaired growth hormone secretion in fibromyalgia patients: Evidence for augmented hypothalamic somatostatin tone

2002 • 101 citations

Management of sleep disorders in fibromyalgia

2002 • 96 citations

The neurophysiology of myofascial pain syndrome

2001 • 85 citations

The Development of the Concept of Fibrositis

1983 • 70 citations

Nonpharmacologic management strategies in fibromyalgia

2002 • 70 citations

Individualizing the exercise prescription for persons with fibromyalgia

2002 • 67 citations

No evidence for endorphin deficiency in fibromyalgia following investigation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynorphin A and Met-enkephalin-Arg6-Phe7

1991 • 65 citations

Muscle strength, voluntary activation, twitch properties, and endurance in patients with fibromyalgia.

1994 • 61 citations

The promise of substance P inhibitors in fibromyalgia

2002 • 60 citations

The promise of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonists in fibromyalgia

2002 • 47 citations

Cerebrospinal fluid levels of substance P and calcitonin-gene-related peptide: Correlation with sural nerve levels and neuropathic signs in sensory diabetic polyneuropathy

1993 • 37 citations

Dysthymic Disorder and Rheumatic Pain Modulation Disorder (Fibrositis Syndrome): A Comparison of Symptoms and Sleep Physiology

1986 • 36 citations

Fibromyalgia treatment with intravenous tropisetron administration.

2001 • 35 citations

Genitourinary manifestations of fibrositis: an increased association with the female urethral syndrome.

1990 • 30 citations

Management of peripheral pain generators in fibromyalgia

2002 • 30 citations

Variability in Cyclicity Affects Pain and Other Symptoms In Female Fibromyalgia Syndrome Patients

1998 • 29 citations

Cerebrospinal Fluid Concentrations of Substance P and (Met)Enkephalin-ARG6-PHE7 during Surgery and Patient-controlled Analgesia

1988 • 29 citations

Fibrositis syndrome: a historical perspective.

1989 • 26 citations

A reduced functionality of Gi proteins as a possible cause of fibromyalgia.

2001 • 18 citations

Fibromyalgia: unusual historical aspects and new pathogenic insights.

1984 • 17 citations

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1955 • 0 citations