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Providing effective maternity care for women affected by fibromyalgia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Fibromyalgia is a condition for which information is not readily accessible in midwifery or obstetric text books. This ‘invisible disability’ can have detrimental implications for all aspects of maternity care.
King, Denyse
core   +1 more source

Beyond Inflammation: Why Understanding the Brain Matters in Inflammatory Arthritis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Persistent pain remains a major challenge in inflammatory arthritis, even when joint inflammation is well controlled. Pain and associated symptoms such as fatigue cannot be explained by peripheral inflammation alone but reflect altered central pain processing. These changes may arise through “top‐down” mechanisms, reflecting pre‐existing dysfunction in
Eoin M. Kelleher   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of candidate genes associated with fibromyalgia susceptibility in southern Spanish women: the al-Ándalus project

open access: yesJournal of Translational Medicine, 2018
Background Candidate-gene studies on fibromyalgia susceptibility often include a small number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which is a limitation. Moreover, there is a paucity of evidence in Europe.
Fernando Estévez-López   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fear-avoidance model of chronic pain the next generation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Objective: The fear-avoidance (FA) model of chronic pain describes how individuals experiencing acute pain may become trapped into a vicious circle of chronic disability and suffering.
Crombez, Geert   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Diagnostic Utility of Testing for Novel Murine Autoantibodies for Sjögren's Disease in the Rheumatology Outpatient Setting

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective The goal was to assess the diagnostic performance of three novel autoantibodies (NA) for Sjögren's disease (SjD) by comparing NA prevalence in patients with SjD, other autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs), nonspecific chronic sialadenitis (CS), and controls.
Chadwick R. Johr   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serum levels of leptin and adiponectin and clinical parameters in women with fibromyalgia and overweight/obesity

open access: yesArchives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Objectives The objectives of this study were to evaluate the serum levels of adipokines in women with fibromyalgia with and without overweight/obesity, and to correlate the adipokines levels with clinical parameters associated with fibromyalgia and ...
Eduardo S. Paiva   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fibromyalgia and the relevance of the whole-body vibration exercises in vibratory platforms: a short review

open access: yesBrazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2012
Among nonpharmacological strategy to manage fibromyalgia, exercise (aerobic) has shown efficacy. Whole-body vibration (WBV) exercise has been proposed as a potential clinical intervention. WBV would induce increase in growth hormone (GH).
Nelson de Souza Pinto   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

UTILIZATION OF MIND-BODY PRACTICES FOR ADULTS WITH FIBROMYALGIA: 2017 NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a medical condition characterized by chronic pain and tenderness. Individuals with FM may experience burdensome symptoms, which impact their health-related quality of life.
CONTRERAS, JENNIFER
core   +1 more source

Inventory of personal factors influencing conditioned pain modulation in healthy people: a systematic literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) is believed to play an important role in the development and exacerbation of chronic pain, because dysfunction of CPM is associated with a shift in balance between pain facilitation and pain inhibition.
Calders, Patrick   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Sedentary Time Accumulated in Bouts is Positively Associated with Disease Severity in Fibromyalgia: The Al-andalus Project [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
To examine the associations of prolonged sedentary time (ST) with disease severity in women with fibromyalgia, and to analyse the combined association of total ST and prolonged ST with the disease severity in this population. Women (n = 451; 51.3 +/- 7.6
Acosta Manzano, Pedro   +5 more
core   +6 more sources

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