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Fibromyalgia - References

Citations

  1. Bradley LA, Alarcon GS (2005). Fibromyalgia section of Miscellaneous rheumatic diseases. In WJ Koopman, LW Moreland, eds., Arthritis and Allied Conditions: A Textbook of Rheumatology, 15th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1869–1910. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

  2. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) (2004). Questions and Answers About Fibromyalgia. Available online: http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/fibromyalgia/fibrofs.htm.

  3. Bennett RM (1999). Emerging concepts in the neurobiology of chronic pain: Evidence of abnormal sensory processing in fibromyalgia. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 74(4): 385–398.

  4. Goldenberg DL, et al. (2004). Management of fibromyalgia syndrome. JAMA, 292(19): 2388–2395.

  5. Nielson WR, Jensen MP (2004). Relationship between changes in coping and treatment outcome in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome. Pain, 109(3): 233–41.

  6. Arthritis Foundation (2004). Clearing the Fog. Available online: http://www.arthritis.org/conditions/diseasecenter/fibromyalgia/fibro_fog.asp.

  7. Crofford LJ, et al. (2005). Pregabalin for the treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 52(4): 1264–1273.

  8. Arnold LM, et al. (2007). Gabapentin in the treatment of fibromyalgia. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 56(4): 1336–1344.

  9. Bennett RM, et al. (2002). Tramadol and acetaminophen combination tablets in the treatment of fibromyalgia pain: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. American Journal of Medicine, 114(7): 537–545.

  10. Wahner-Roedler DL, et al. (2004). Use of complementary and alternative medical therapies by patients referred to a fibromyalgia treatment program at a tertiary care center. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 80(1): 55–60.

Other Works Consulted

  • Burkham J, Harris ED Jr (2005). Fibromyalgia: A chronic pain syndrome. In ED Harris Jr et al., eds., Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology, 7th ed., vol. 1, pp. 522–536. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders.

  • Busch A, et al. (2007). Exercise for treating fibromyalgia syndrome. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (1).

  • Crofford LJ, Appleton BE (2001). Complementary and alternative therapies for fibromyalgia. Current Rheumatology Reports, 3(2): 147–156.

  • Goldenberg DL (1999). Fibromyalgia syndrome a decade later. Archives of Internal Medicine, 159(8): 777–785.

  • Hernandez-Garcia JM (2002). Fibromyalgia. In CA Warfield, HJ Fausett, eds., Manual of Pain Management, 2nd ed., pp. 154–157. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

  • Meisler JG (2000). Toward optimal health: The experts discuss fibromyalgia. Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine, 9(10): 1055–1060.

  • National Fibromyalgia Partnership (2006). FM Monograph: Fibromyalgia: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Research. Linden, VA: National Fibromyalgia Partnership. Also available online: http://www.fmpartnership.org/Files/Website2005/Learn%20About%20Fibromyalgia/FM%20Overview/Monograph--English.htm.

  • Richards SCM, Scott DL (2002). Prescribed exercise in people with fibromyalgia: Parallel group randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 325(7357): 185.

  • Taylor AG, et al. (2003). Fibromyalgia section of Pain. In JW Spencer, JJ Jacobs, eds., Complementary and Alternative Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach, pp. 384–395 . St. Louis: Mosby.

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Last Updated: October 30, 2007
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