The New Criteria for Fibromyalgia: Evolution or Devolution?

New diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia: Here to stay?

OBJECTIVES To assess the percentage of patients that fulfill the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 1990 as well as the ACR 2010 classification criteria, to evaluate whether there is a correlation between tender points and the Widespread Pain Index (WPI) as well as signs and symptoms that predict a fibromyalgia (FM) subtype and to identify those which have greater impact on functioning. M...

Running head: EVOLUTION AND DEVOLUTION IN FOLKBIOLOGY Measuring the Evolution and Devolution of Folkbiological Knowledge

Fibromyalgia research criteria.

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Fibromyalgia criteria and severity scales for clinical and epidemiological studies: a modification of the ACR Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia.

OBJECTIVE To develop a fibromyalgia (FM) survey questionnaire for epidemiologic and clinical studies using a modification of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia (ACR 2010). We also created a new FM symptom scale to further characterize FM severity. METHODS The ACR 2010 consists of 2 scales, the Widespread Pain Index (WPI) and the Symptom ...

Old and new criteria for the classification and diagnosis of fibromyalgia: comparison and evaluation.

1Department of Molecular and Clinical Sciences DISCLIMO, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy; 2Reumatology Unit, L. Sacco, University Hospital, Milan, Italy. Fausto Salaffi, MD, PhD Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, MD Please address correspondence to: Fausto Salaffi, MD, PhD, Clinica Reumatologica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ospedale “C. Urbani”, Via dei Colli 52, 60035 Jesi (AN),...