Should Rheumatologists Retain Ownership of Fibromyalgia? THE FIBROMYALGIA QUANDARY OF THE LAST 2 DECADES

Should rheumatologists retain ownership of fibromyalgia?

Effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and transcranial direct-current stimulation on worry and emotion regulation in fibromyalgia patients

Introduction: The aim of this research was a comparison of the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Transcranial direct-current Stimulation (tDCS) in worry, Emotion Regulation, and their subcomponents in fibromyalgia patients. Materials and Methods: The study was a semi-experimental pretest-posttest with two experimental and one Sham group. 36 people were selected by ...

Awareness and knowledge of fibromyalgia among French rheumatologists and general practitioners.

OBJECTIVES Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain and fatigue. Its prevalence is estimated to be at 3.4% in women and 0.5% in men. It is a major cause of morbidity. Our objective was to evaluate, using a self-questionnaire sent by mail, the level of knowledge of French physicians, general practitioners, and rheumatologists on fibromyalgia and to anal...

Electroacupuncture reduces chronic fibromyalgia pain through attenuation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 signaling pathway in mouse brains

Objective(s): Fibromyalgia pain is a mysterious clinical pain syndrome, characterized by inflammation in the brain, whose molecular mechanisms are still unknown. Females are more commonly affected by fibromyalgia, exhibiting symptoms such as widespread mechanical pain, immune dysfunction, sleep disturbances, and poor quality of life. Electroacupuncture (EA) has been us...

Efficacy of Stretching Exercises on Fibromyalgia Impact and Quality of Life in Patients under Medical Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial, 2021

 Background and purpose: There is no specific treatment for fibromyalgia. Previous studies suggest that exercise is helpful in controlling the symptoms and psychosocial aspects of the disease. Stretching exercises are emphasized less than aerobic and resistance exercises in these patients. The main reason for re-examining this issue in current study was the contradictory feedback of patients wi...