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

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spelling	doaj-69eb4b80e84346f2bb302741bbcbc6fc2020-11-25T00:32:59ZengHindawi LimitedPain Research and Management1203-67651998-01-0131233210.1155/1998/265735Relationship Between Pressure Pain Threshold and Coping Strategies in Patients with FibromyalgiaJi-Young Song0Samuel Noh1Manfred Harth2Harold Merskey3Department of Psychiatry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaClarke Institute of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Psychiatry and Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Psychiatry and Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CanadaOBJECTIVE: 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 fibromyalgia.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1998/265735
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title	Relationship Between Pressure Pain Threshold and Coping Strategies in Patients with Fibromyalgia
title_short	Relationship Between Pressure Pain Threshold and Coping Strategies in Patients with Fibromyalgia
title_full	Relationship Between Pressure Pain Threshold and Coping Strategies in Patients with Fibromyalgia
title_fullStr	Relationship Between Pressure Pain Threshold and Coping Strategies in Patients with Fibromyalgia
title_full_unstemmed	Relationship Between Pressure Pain Threshold and Coping Strategies in Patients with Fibromyalgia
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series	Pain Research and Management
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description	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 fibromyalgia.
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Relationship Between Pressure Pain Threshold and Coping Strategies in Patients with Fibromyalgia

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