Aim: Still there is no any specific laboratory marker for diagnosis of FMS and it mainly depends on clinical examination. So that we aimed to evaluate whether serum Vitamin C levels oxidative stress index (OSI) can be used in the Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS). 
 Material Method: 53 female patients 35 healthy controls were enrolled our cross-sectional study. VAS, BDI FIQ applied patients. mea...

Objectives. Biofeedback (BFB) is an established intervention in the rehabilitation of headache and other pain disorders. Little is known about this treatment option for fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). The aim of the present review is to integrate and critically evaluate the evidence regarding the efficacy of biofeedback for FMS. Methods. We conducted a literature search using Pubmed, clinicaltrial...

BACKGROUND Albeit exercise is currently advocated as one of the most effective management strategies for fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS); the implementation of exercise as a FMS treatment in reality is significantly hampered by patients' poor compliance. The inference that pain catastrophizing is a key predictor of poor compliance in FMS patients, justifies considering the alteration of pain catast...

Objective. To determine the clinical manifestations associated with overweight/obesity in Hispanics from Puerto Rico with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Methods. A cross-sectional study was performed in 144 patients with FMS (per American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria). Sociodemographic features, FMS-related symptoms, tender points (per ACR criteria), comorbidities, and FM...

STEPHANIE PETERS*, 48, has been seeing her primary care provider off and on for several years with the same types of complaints: generalized, severe bilateral musculoskeletal pain at various anatomic sites, including her hips and shoulders. She has difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep, and says she’s fatigued and irritable at times. She also has some difficulty remembering things but ju...

Fibromyalgia (FMS) is a chronic syndrome of widespread pain and fatigue; its aetiology is still a mater of debate. Some authors suggest that it is a psychosomatic response to psychological distress, but there are other organic factors and symptoms that are still under research. To our knowledge, this disorder is explained by the Dissociated States (DS) concept. An example of that is the alpha-d...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical and demographic characteristics and functional status of the patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). METHODS Ninety-four patients with the diagnosis of FMS were included in the study. All patients were evaluated with short form 36 for quality of life (SF-36), pain, depression, benign joint hypermobility syndrome (BJHS), myofacial pain syndrome (MPS), a...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the intracellular levels of the high energy adenosine triphosphate nucleotide ATP and essential divalent cations, calcium and magnesium, in platelets of patients affected by primary fibromyalgia syndrome (FMs). DESIGN AND METHOD Platelet ATP and cation concentrations were measured in 25 patients affected by FMs and 25 healthy volunteers through a chemiluminescent and a ...

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic pain syndrome characterised by central sensitisation resulting in hypersentivity of the skin and deeper tissues as well as fatigue. Possibly the princess in Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Princess and the Pea' suffered from FMS since chronic sleep disturbances are typical in FMS. These sleep disturbances have been attributed to a dysfunction in the syste...

BACKGROUND Communication with patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is often considered difficult. The primary objective of this explorative study was to describe the communication preferences of FMS patients in comparison with other chronic diseases, and the secondary objective was to identify patient-related predictors of those communication preferences. METHODS A total of 256 FMS patie...