title: Muscle physiology and cold reactivity in the fibromyalgia syndrome.
abstract: The contention that muscles are the "end organs" responsible for fibromyalgia symptomatology is unproven. This review presents a contemporary synopsis of muscle physiology and then describes studies in the fibromyalgia syndrome which have yielded objective data of distorted muscle physiology and cold reactivity.
authors.affiliation: Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D003080:Cold Temperature; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013577:Syndrome