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table { width:auto; } Fibromyalgia Syndrome Research articles from August   Some of the most interesting research relevant to Fibromyalgia Syndrome (Fibro) that has been published over the last month and discussed in the FibroAction Research section is summarised here. Physical functioning limitations with Fibromyalgia Syndrome Women with Fibro may have more physical functional limitations than the average 80-year old woman, according to a survey carried out by the American National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA). An article was published describing a study of the survey results, in which they found that: more than 25% of the women reported having difficulty taking care of personal needs and bathing; more...

Fibromyalgia Syndrome has greater impact on patients   Three articles that were first published in late 2007 concluded that Fibromyalgia Syndrome (Fibro) has more of an impact on patients' lives and has more consequences for patients than many other chronic conditions and forms of widespread pain. [1] [2] [3] The first article, on a study by reseachers Cöster et al at Linköping University, Sweden, was published in the European Journal of Pain. The study found that Fibro was associated with more severe symptoms/consequences for daily life and higher pain severity than chronic widespread pain without widespread allodynia. [1] Allodynia is “Pain from stimuli which...