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Neurophysiologic evidence for a central sensitization in patients with fibromyalgia

Published inArthritis and rheumatism, vol. 48, no. 5, p. 1420-1429
Publication date2003
Abstract

To determine whether abnormalities of peripheral and central nociceptive sensory input processing exist outside areas of spontaneous pain in patients with fibromyalgia (FM) as compared with controls, by using quantitative sensory testing (QST) and a neurophysiologic paradigm independent from subjective reports.

Keywords
  • Female
  • Fibromyalgia/complications/physiopathology/therapy
  • Humans
  • Hyperalgesia/etiology/physiopathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nociceptors/physiopathology
  • Outpatients
  • Pain/physiopathology
  • Pain Measurement
  • Pain Threshold/physiology
  • Quality of Life
  • Reflex/physiology
  • Self Care
  • Sickness Impact Profile
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
Funding
  • Swiss National Science Foundation - 3200-056028.98
Citation (ISO format)
DESMEULES, Jules Alexandre et al. Neurophysiologic evidence for a central sensitization in patients with fibromyalgia. In: Arthritis and rheumatism, 2003, vol. 48, n° 5, p. 1420–1429. doi: 10.1002/art.10893
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