background to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture and compare it with fluoxetine in treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome (fms). methods we conducted a prospective, randomized clinical trial. fifteen patients were treated with acupuncture and compared with a control group (n=15) of patients who received fluoxetine. visual analogue scale, fibromyalgia impact questionnaire (fiq) and determined...

Background: Numerous studies have been conducted to evaluate the frequency of hypovitaminosis D in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and its association with FMS symptoms. This study aimed at assessing the effect of hypovitaminosis D on the symptoms and quality of life of patients with fibromyalgia. Methods: A total of 74 FMS patients with hypovitaminosis D were randomly assigned into ...

Myofascial pain syndromes (MPSs) from trigger points (TrPs) and fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) are common musculoskeletal pain conditions that frequently coexist in the same patients. In recent decades, it has become evident that these entities greatly influence each other's clinical expression. FMS is mainly rooted in the central nervous system, while TrPs have a peripheral origin. However, the n...

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, sleep abnormalities, and distress. Because FMS lacks consistent evidence of tissue abnormalities, recent investigations have focused on central nervous system mechanisms of pain. Abnormal temporal summation of second pain (wind-up) and central sensitization have been described recently in patients with FMS. Wind-up and ce...

OBJECTIVES Negative affects like depression, anxiety and stress are frequently observed in patients with fibromyalgia (FMS). Understanding the association between FMS and negative affects is likely to help in deciding the choice of treatment. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between the severity of FMS with the severity of depression, anxiety and stress. METHODS Sixty pa...

Aims: Both Fibromyalgia (FMS) and lipedema are characterized by pain in the soft tissue, they have clinically similar aspects. The Aims of this study were to determine how many patients with met diagnostic criteria for FMS, effect comorbidity FMS on quality life, their relationship extremity volumes, ultrasonographically measured tissue thickness disease severity.
 Methods: 53 women 32 wit...

BACKGROUND Consumer surveys provide information on effectiveness and side effects of medical interventions in routine clinical care. A report of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) consumers has not been carried out in Europe. METHODS The study was carried out from November 2010 to April 2011. Participants diagnosed with FMS rated the effectiveness and side effects of pharmacological and non-pharmaco...

BACKGROUND The fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is suggested to be a manifestation of depression or affective spectrum disorder. We measured the cognitive style of patients with FMS to assess personality styles in 44 patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) by comparing them with 43 patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and 41 healthy controls (HC). METHODS Personality styles were measure...

A ccording to Robert Bennett, one of the national figures in fibromyalgia syndrome (fms) research and treatment, fibromyalgia is a descriptive “construct developed by rheumatologists to account for a common group of patients that they see in their routine practice” (Bennett 1999a: 1). Although fms originated as an intellectual construct developed by rheumatologists to help in the study and trea...

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a common chronic musculoskeletal pain disorder of unknown etiology and characterized by generalized body pain, hyperalgesia, and other functional and emotional comorbidities. Despite extensive research, no treatment modality is effective for all FMS patients. In this paper, we briefly review the history of FMS and diagnostic criteria, and potential pathophysiologi...