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Mary Ann Fitzcharles
Researcher at McGill University
Publications - 20
Citations - 6654
Mary Ann Fitzcharles is an academic researcher from McGill University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fibromyalgia & Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 20 publications receiving 4940 citations. Previous affiliations of Mary Ann Fitzcharles include McGill University Health Centre.
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The American College of Rheumatology preliminary diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia and measurement of symptom severity.
Frederick Wolfe,Daniel J. Clauw,Mary Ann Fitzcharles,Don L. Goldenberg,Robert S. Katz,Philip J. Mease,Anthony S. Russell,I. Jon Russell,John B. Winfield,Muhammad B. Yunus +9 more
TL;DR: 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 fibromyalgic symptoms.
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Fibromyalgia criteria and severity scales for clinical and epidemiological studies: a modification of the ACR Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia
Frederick Wolfe,Daniel J. Clauw,Mary Ann Fitzcharles,Don L. Goldenberg,Winfried Häuser,Robert S. Katz,Philip J. Mease,Anthony S. Russell,I. Jon Russell,John B. Winfield +9 more
TL;DR: A fibromyalgia survey questionnaire is developed using a modification of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia (ACR 2010) to allow their use in epidemiologic and clinical studies without the requirement for an examiner.
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2016 Revisions to the 2010/2011 fibromyalgia diagnostic criteria
Frederick Wolfe,Daniel J. Clauw,Mary Ann Fitzcharles,Don L. Goldenberg,Don L. Goldenberg,Winfried Häuser,Robert L. Katz,Philip J. Mease,Anthony S. Russell,Irwin Jon Russell,Brian Walitt +10 more
TL;DR: A (2016) revision to the 2010/2011 fibromyalgia criteria combines physician and questionnaire criteria, minimizes misclassification of regional pain disorders, and eliminates the previously confusing recommendation regarding diagnostic exclusions.
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Nociplastic pain: towards an understanding of prevalent pain conditions
Mary Ann Fitzcharles,Steven P. Cohen,Steven P. Cohen,Daniel J. Clauw,Geoffrey O. Littlejohn,Chie Usui,Winfried Häuser +6 more
TL;DR: Nociplastic pain this paper is a third category of pain that is mechanistically distinct from nociceptive pain, which is caused by ongoing inflammation and damage of tissues, and neuropathic pain, caused by nerve damage.
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AAPT Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia.
Lesley M. Arnold,Robert M. Bennett,Leslie J. Crofford,Linda E Dean,Daniel J. Clauw,Don L. Goldenberg,Mary Ann Fitzcharles,Eduardo dos Santos Paiva,Roland Staud,Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini,Dan Buskila,Gary J. Macfarlane +11 more
TL;DR: The ACTTION-APS FM taxonomy provides an evidence-based diagnostic system for FM that includes diagnostic criteria, common features, comorbidities, consequences, and putative mechanisms and might improve the recognition of FM in clinical practice.