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Differential sensory and clinical phenotypes of patients with chronic widespread and regional musculoskeletal pain.
Pain - 1 Jan 2021
Finnern Marina M, Kleinböhl Dieter, Flor Herta, Benrath Justus, Hölzl Rupert
Abstract excerpt
The differentiation of chronic primary pain syndromes into those with widespread vs regional musculoskeletal pain has been characterized by controversial discussions about common or distinct mechanisms and core clinical and sensory criteria. For example, the recent revision of fibromyalgia criteria has discarded sensory characteristics such as number of "tender points." This study examined empirical evidence...
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