The American College of Rheumatology Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia and Measurement of Symptom Severity

Wolfe, Frederick; J. Clauw, Daniel; Fitzcharles, Mary‐Ann; L. Goldenberg, Don; S. Katz, Robert; J. Mease, Philip; S. Russell, Anthony; Jon Russell, I.; B. Winfield, John; B. Yunus, Muhammad

doi:10.1002/acr.20140

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The American College of Rheumatology Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia and Measurement of Symptom Severity

Published in Arthritis Care & Research • Feb 23, 2010

Authors:

Frederick Wolfe

Daniel J. Clauw

Mary‐Ann Fitzcharles

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To develop simple, practical criteria for clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia that are suitable for use in primary and specialty care and that do not require a tender point examination, and to provide a severity scale for characteristic fibromyalgia symptoms. METHODS: We performed a multic...

Subject

Fibromyalgia

Medicine

Physical therapy

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