Fibromyalgia syndrome: definition and diagnostic aspects

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Although the term “fibromyalgia” (FM) is relatively new, the condition characterised by chronic musculoskeletal pain that is accompanied by numerous extra-skeletal symptoms has been described in the medical literature for many years under different names. The term “fibrositis,” which was originally used in 1904 by Sir William Gowers to define a type of lumbalgia, became a synonym for diffuse musculoskeletal pain until 1976 (1). In the mid-1970s, Smythe and Moldofsky used the term “fibrositic syndrome” to describe the presence of tender points (TPs), sleep disturbances and other accompanying symptoms such as asthenia...

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Cazzola, M., Sarzi-Puttini, P., Stisi, S., Di Franco, M., Bazzichi, L., Carignola, R., Gracely, R., Salaffi, F., Marinangeli, F., Torta, R., Giamberardino, M., Buskila, D., Spath, M., Biasi, G., Cassisi, G., Casale, R., Altomonte, L., Arioli, G., Alciati, A., Marsico, A., Ceccherelli, F., Leardini, G., Gorla, R., & Atzeni, F. (2008). Fibromyalgia syndrome: definition and diagnostic aspects. Reumatismo, 60(s1), 3–14. https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2008.1s.3