Relationships between widespread pain and thresholds pain tolerance on tender points in Portuguese women with fibromyalgia: impact on daily life.

Objectives: to establish a relationship between widespread pain subjectively perceived and threshold pain tolerance on tender points, and to determine whether there are differences in threshold pain tolerance on tender points between the upper and lower body, as well as between the dominant and non-...

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Main Authors: Pablo Tomas-Carus, Jaime C Branco, Armando Raimundo, Joana Garcia, Paulo M Sousa, Clarissa Biehl-Printes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia 2015-07-01
Series:Acta Reumatológica Portuguesa
Online Access:http://www.actareumatologica.com/files/article/1074_relationships_between_widespread_pain_and_thresholds_pain_tolerance_on_tender_points_in_portuguese_women_with_fibromyalgia_impact_on_daily_life__file.pdf