Relationships between the fibromyalgia impact questionnaire, tender point count, and muscle strength in female patients with fibromyalgia: A cohort study.

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that fibromyalgia (FM) patients with reduced lower extremity strength are more symptomatic and tender than FM patients with normal muscle strength. METHODS: A total of 840 FM patients and 122 healthy subjects were evaluated between 1998 and 2005. All of the patients...

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Published in:	Arthritis & Rheumatism: Arthritis Care & Research Vol. 61; no. 6; pp. 732 - 740
Main Authors:	Henriksen M, Lund H, Christensen R, Jespersen A, Dreyer L, Bennett RM, Danneskiold-Samsøe B, Bliddal H
Format:	research Journal Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jun2009
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