Relationship Between Pressure Pain Threshold and Coping Strategies in Patients with Fibromyalgia

OBJECTIVE: To explore the hypothesis that the intensity of pain, pain thresholds and coping mechanisms differ between patients with fibromyalgia and those with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in order to determine whether pain coping strategies contribute to the understanding of how patients adjust to fib...

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Main Authors: Ji-Young Song, Samuel Noh, Manfred Harth, Harold Merskey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1998-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1998/265735