Future perspectives: pathogenesis of chronic muscle pain.
Chronic painful muscle conditions include non-inflammatory and inflammatory illnesses. This review is focused on chronic non-inflammatory pain conditions such as myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) and fibromyalgia syndrome (FM), and will not discuss metabolic, genetic or inflammatory muscle diseases such as McArdle's disease, muscular dystrophy, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, or inclusion body myositis.
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Roland
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Department of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610-0221, USA. staudr@ufl.edu
D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006930:Hyperalgesia / Q000503:physiopathology; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000503:physiopathology; D009209:Myofascial Pain Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000503:physiopathology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000503:physiopathology