Fibromyalgia

Authors

Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Resources to read later

• CHAPTER 36 Fibromyalgia: A Discrete Disease or the End of the Continuum¹
• CHAPTER 54 Persistent Pain in Children (Fibromyalgia in children subsection)¹
• Chapter 48 Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Myofascial Pain Syndrome²

Types

• Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)²
• Primary Fibromyalgia syndrome (PFMS)²

Pediatric Fibromyalgia

Resources to read later

• CHAPTER 54 Persistent Pain in Children (Fibromyalgia in children subsection)¹

Mechanisms

Note

• Pain and the biochemistry of fibromyalgia: patterns of peripheral cytokines and chemokines contribute to the differentiation between fibromyalgia and controls and are associated with pain, fat infiltration and content³

Examination

• Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ)²

References

1.

Ballantyne J, Fishman S, Rathmell JP, eds. Bonica’s Management of Pain. 5th ed. Wolters Kluwer; 2019.

2.

McMahon SB, ed. Wall and Melzack’s Textbook of Pain. 6th ed. Elsevier/Saunders; 2013.

3.

Gerdle B, Dahlqvist Leinhard O, Lund E, Lundberg P, Forsgren MF, Ghafouri B. Pain and the biochemistry of fibromyalgia: Patterns of peripheral cytokines and chemokines contribute to the differentiation between fibromyalgia and controls and are associated with pain, fat infiltration and content. Frontiers in Pain Research (Lausanne, Switzerland). 2024;5:1288024. doi:10.3389/fpain.2024.1288024