Abstract

VILLANUEVA, V. L. et al. Fibromyalgia: diagnosis and treatment. Current knowledge. Rev. Soc. Esp. Dolor [online]. 2004, vol.11, n.7, pp.50-63. ISSN 1134-8046.

Fibromyalgia is a chronic and complex pathology that provokes muscular pain which may become invalidant, associated to a badly night rest and fatigue that affects the biological, psychological and social environment of the patients. Its high prevalence makes fibromyalgia a first magnitude sanitary problem. The fact that its diagnostic criteria is only clinical, and that its aetiopathogenesis has not yet been clarified. This makes very difficult the study and therapeutical approach of the disease. The multidisciplinary approach for its treatment is very important, against the traditional biomedical approach, because of the high complexity of the patients. In this review, we try to bring together the current knowledgements in the literature, though it has to be highlighted that many studies and medical and paramedical references approach the topic with complete scientific rigour.

Keywords : Fibromyalgia; Review; Multidisciplinary treatment.

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