← All articles

Photo · Gordon More

Modified 2016 American College of Rheumatology Fibromyalgia Criteria, the Analgesic, Anesthetic, and Addiction Clinical Trial Translations Innovations Opportunities and Networks–American Pain Society Pain Taxonomy, and the Prevalence of Fibromyalgia

Winfried Häuser, Elmar Brähler, Jacob N. Ablin, Frederick Wolfe · 2020 · Arthritis Care & Research

Summary. This paper is not about rural innovation. It reports on fibromyalgia prevalence in the German general population using two diagnostic criteria sets, finding that AAPT criteria identify 73% more cases than the 2016 ACR criteria, though with lower symptom severity. The study compares diagnostic accuracy and clinical characteristics between the two approaches.

Read the original

Cite this article

Häuser, W., Brähler, E., Ablin, J. N., & Wolfe, F.. (2020). Modified 2016 American College of Rheumatology Fibromyalgia Criteria, the Analgesic, Anesthetic, and Addiction Clinical Trial Translations Innovations Opportunities and Networks–American Pain Society Pain Taxonomy, and the Prevalence of Fibromyalgia. Arthritis Care & Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24202

Details

DOI
10.1002/acr.24202
Countries
Germany, United States
Regions
Europe, North America
Categories
general-innovation
Added
2026-04-28