To develop criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia, we studied 558 consecutive patients:
293 patients with fibromyalgia and 265 control patients. Interviews and examinations were …

The Stanford Sleepiness Scale (SSS) is a self‐rating scale which is used to quantify
progressive steps in sleepiness. The present study investigated whether the SSS cross‐validates …

The changing pattern of mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) led to an examination
of the deaths in a long-term systematic analysis of 81 patients followed for five years at …

In sleep studies of (a) patients with the “fibrositis syndrome” and (b) healthy subjects
undergoing stage 4 sleep deprivation, we observed in both groups the anomalous presence of …

There is a definable entity to which the traditional description of the ‘fibrositis syndrome’may
be applied. The purpose of this paper is to describe our observations and opinions in order …

OBJECTIVE: To examine various factors associated with low back pain (LBP) in an industrial
setting. METHODS: A cross sectional study was carried out among 1,562 employees of a …

… Jon Russell, Stuart Silverman, Robert Simmb, Hugh Smythe, Eldon Tunks, Don Uslan,
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Observations made on 110 patients with SLE over a four and a half year period have been
reviewed. The patients were seen at intervals of two months when, both clinical and …

The musculoskeletal structures of the thoracic wall and the neck are a relatively common
source of chest pain. Pain arising from these structures is often mistaken for angina pectoris, …

Objective To investigate the effects of abdominal muscle strengthening exercise on low back
pain (LBP) risk reduction. Methods We compared the effects of abdominal muscle strength (…