Fibromyalgia News

A Spanish version of the Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire displayed good reliability and poor convergent validity compared with a body monitoring device for patients with fibromyalgia, according to study results.

The Italian Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire Revised version displayed reliability, internal validity and 2-D structure for patients with fibromyalgia, according to study results.

Milnacipran added to pregabalin therapy improved symptoms among patients with fibromyalgia who had an incomplete response to pregabalin alone, according to study results.

Excessive sensory innervation to the glabrous skin arteriole-venule shunts likely caused severe pain and tenderness in the hands of women with fibromyalgia, according to recent study results.

Patients with fibromyalgia who participated in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity for at least 12 weeks improved their physical function and overall well-being, according to study results.

Most evidence did not support a uniform influence of weather on daily fatigue or pain among women with fibromyalgia, according to recent study results.

Most patients with fibromyalgia can be diagnosed and treated by primary care physicians, according to a recent study review of new Canadian guidelines on the syndrome.

Creatine supplementation in women with fibromyalgia increased intramuscular phosphorylcreatine content and improved muscle function, according to recent study results.

Several demographic and clinical differences were observed in patients seen at university-based compared with community-based rheumatology practices in Puerto Rico, according to study results.

CD3+CD56+natural killer T cells might act as a mediator in mental symptoms, including depression, in patients with fibromyalgia, according to recent study results.