Robert M. Bennett

TL;DR: Criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia are widespread pain in combination with 2) tenderness at 11 or more of the 18 specific tender point sites, and no exclusions are made for the presence of concomitant radiographic or laboratory abnormalities.

TL;DR: An instrument has been developed to assess the current health status of women with the fibromyalgia syndrome and it has sufficient evidence of reliability and validity to warrant further testing in both research and clinical situations.

TL;DR: This survey provides a snap-shot of FM at the end of 2005, as reported by a self-selected population of people, and identifies several issues for further research, such as the prescribing habits of FM health care providers, the role of emotional precipitants, the impact of obesity, the significance of low back pain and the nature of FM related stiffness.

TL;DR: The Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire was developed in the late 1980s by clinicians at Oregon Health & Science University in an attempt to capture the total spectrum of problems related to fibromyalgia and the responses to therapy.

TL;DR: The FIQR is an updated version of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire that has good psychometric properties, can be completed in less than 2 minutes and is easy to score and has scoring characteristics comparable to the original FIQ.