According to the investigators, when managing patients with inflammatory rheumatic conditions in daily clinical practice, clinicians must assess signs and symptoms of fibromyalgia.
Four weeks of active transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) results in significant improvement in movement-evoked pain and other clinical outcomes compared with placebo-TENS or no TENS.
Researchers compared the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) with a combination of multicomponent therapy and rTMS on pain in patients with fibromyalgia.
There is an association between a history of intimate partner violence (IPV) and the development of functional syndromes, including fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, in women.
Researchers assessed the sensitivity of Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis DiseaseActivity Index, Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score and C-reactive protein against response to biologics in axial spondyloarthritis with coexistent fibromyalgia.
Verum acupuncture was found to be more effective than sham acupuncture in improving pain, sleep quality, and general status recovery, but not fatigue in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome.
Increases in functional connectivity between pro-nociceptive brain areas may correlate with higher levels of peripheral inflammation in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis and comorbid fibromyalgia.
