What is already known? The rheumatological condition fibromyalgia is characterised by the presence of multiple positive tender points. A positive tender point is a site on the body which is painful on the application of firm pressure. A total of 18 points (in 9 pairs...
What was already known? Pain is an important outcome measure in osteoarthritis (OA) clinical trials. Unfortunately, there is a lack of consensus about what is the best way to measure pain in patients with OA, which means that researchers may try and measure pain in...
What was already known? Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a muscle disease that is part of a group of rare autoimmune diseases known as the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, or myositis. The other major subgroups of myositis are polymyositis, dermatomyositis and...
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