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Management of fibromyalgia: practical guides from recent evidence-based guidelines

2017; Medycyna Praktyczna; Volume: 127; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.20452/pamw.3877

ISSN

1897-9483

Autores

Winfried Häuser, Jacob N. Ablin, Serge Perrot, Mary‐Ann Fitzcharles,

Tópico(s)

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Resumo

Background Fibromyalgia (FM) is a frequent, ex pensive, and controversial condition. 1Studies re port varied prevalence depending on diagnostic criteria used, a country, and a setting.One review reported a global mean prevalence of 2.7% (range, 0.4%-9.3%),with a mean in the Americas of 3.1%, in Europe of 2.5%, and in Asia of 1.7%. 2 The prev alence rates of FM in Poland are unknown.FM is more common in women, with a female to male ratio of 3:1 in epidemiology studies 2 and of 8:1 to 10:1 in clinical settings.

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