Sally Aspegren Kendall

TL;DR: The present study showed that mechanisms involved in referred pain, temporal summation, muscular hyperalgesia, and muscle pain at rest were attenuated by the NMDA‐antagonist in FMS patients, and suggested a link between central hyperexcitability and the mechanisms for facilitated referred pain and temporal summary in a sub‐group of the fibromyalgia syndrome patients.

TL;DR: Patients with fibromyalgia syndrome were subgrouped by quantitative sensory testing by identifying two subgroups that show clinical differences in pain intensities, number of tender points, and sleep quality and cold pain threshold was especially linked to these clinical aspects.

TL;DR: There are few data describing pain characteristics, quality of life, consequences for daily living, and psychosocial status in patients who meet the classification criteria for fibromyalgia proposed by the American College of Rheumatology compared with patients with chronic widespread pain but not widespread allodynia.

TL;DR: The results confirmed earlier findings that groups of patients with chronic pain have increased muscle tension and decreased output during dynamic activity compared to pain-free controls, but indicated there is heterogeneity within groups of Patients with the same chronic pain disorder and that not all patients with Chronic pain haveincreased muscle tension.

TL;DR: The causes of a markedly increased rate of suicide among female patients with FM are at present unknown but may be related to increased rates of lifetime depression, anxiety, and psychiatric disorders.