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Open AccessStrong and aversive cold processing and pain facilitation in fibromyalgia patients relates to augmented thermal grill illusion
The thermal grill illusion (TGI) is assumed to result from crosstalk between the thermoreceptive and nociceptive pathways. To elucidate this further, we compared 40 female fibromyalgia patients to 20 healthy w...
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Open AccessAnatomist Hermann Stieve used Nazi victims for his research on the menstrual cycle, but did he also fabricate facts?
Hermann Stieve (1886–1952), director of the Berlin Anatomical Institute from 1935, benefited from the rise of execution numbers during the “Third Reich”. He used organs and tissues from executed women for his ...
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Pain is not the major determinant of quality of life in fibromyalgia: results from a retrospective “real world” data analysis of fibromyalgia patients
To identify correlates of quality of life (QoL) measured with the Quality of Life Scale (QOLS) in participants of a multidisciplinary day hospital treatment program for fibromyalgia (FM).
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Open AccessThe German fibromyalgia consumer reports – a cross-sectional survey
Consumer surveys provide information on effectiveness and side effects of medical interventions in routine clinical care. A report of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) consumers has not been carried out in Europe.
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Impact of fibromyalgia severity on health economic costs
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic disorder characterized by persistent and widespread pain, often accompanied with fatigue, sleep disturbance and other symptoms. FM affects a population mostly of a productive age...
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Open AccessValidation of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Set for chronic widespread pain from the perspective of fibromyalgia patients
Functioning is recognized as an important study outcome in chronic widespread pain (CWP). The Comprehensive ICF Core Set for CWP is an application of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability an...
