https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2008.1s.3

Fibromyalgia syndrome: definition and diagnostic aspects

Vol. 60 No. s1 (2008)
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M. Cazzola
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P. Sarzi-Puttini
S. Stisi
M. Di Franco
L. Bazzichi
R. Carignola
R.H Gracely
F. Salaffi
F. Marinangeli
R. Torta
M.A. Giamberardino
D. Buskila
M. Spath
G. Biasi
G. Cassisi
R. Casale
L. Altomonte
G. Arioli
A. Alciati
A. Marsico
F. Ceccherelli
G. Leardini
R. Gorla
F. Atzeni
Although the term “fibromyalgia” (FM) is relatively new, the condition characterised by chronic musculoskeletal pain that is accompanied by numerous extra-skeletal symptoms has been described in the medical literature for many years under different names. The term “fibrositis,” which was originally used in 1904 by Sir William Gowers to define a type of lumbalgia, became a synonym for diffuse musculoskeletal pain until 1976 (1). In the mid-1970s, Smythe and Moldofsky used the term “fibrositic syndrome” to describe the presence of tender points (TPs), sleep disturbances and other accompanying symptoms such as asthenia...

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Cazzola, M., Sarzi-Puttini, P., Stisi, S., Di Franco, M., Bazzichi, L., Carignola, R., … Atzeni, F. (2008). Fibromyalgia syndrome: definition and diagnostic aspects. Reumatismo, 60(s1), 3–14. https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2008.1s.3

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