2012 Canadian Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Executive Summary

Mary-Ann Fitzcharles; Peter A Ste-Marie; Don L Goldenberg; John X Pereira; Susan Abbey; Manon Choinière; Gordon Ko; Dwight E Moulin; Pantelis Panopalis; Johanne Proulx; Yoram Shir; the National Fibromyalgia Guideline Advisory Panel

doi:10.1155/2013/918216

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2013)

2012 Canadian Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Executive Summary

Mary-Ann Fitzcharles,
Peter A Ste-Marie,
Don L Goldenberg,
John X Pereira,
Susan Abbey,
Manon Choinière,
Gordon Ko,
Dwight E Moulin,
Pantelis Panopalis,
Johanne Proulx,
Yoram Shir,
the National Fibromyalgia Guideline Advisory Panel

Affiliations

Mary-Ann Fitzcharles: Division of Rheumatology, McGill University, Canada
Peter A Ste-Marie: Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Canada
Don L Goldenberg: Division of Rheumatology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
John X Pereira: Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Susan Abbey: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Manon Choinière: Centre de la recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Gordon Ko: Division of Physiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Dwight E Moulin: Departments of Clinical Neurological Sciences and Oncology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Pantelis Panopalis: Division of Rheumatology, McGill University, Canada
Johanne Proulx: Patient representative, Canada
Yoram Shir: Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Canada
the National Fibromyalgia Guideline Advisory Panel

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/918216
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 3
pp. 119 – 126

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Recent neurophysiological evidence attests to the validity of fibromyalgia (FM), a chronic pain condition that affects >2% of the population.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
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