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In 1900, the first case study of fibromyalgia was conducted. It was known by other names such as muscular [[rheumatism]] and fibrosita. In 1904, Sir William Gowers coined the term “fibrositis.” In 1976, Dr. P.K. Hench used the term "fibromyalgia" for the first time. | |||
==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
In 1900, the first case study of fibromyalgia was conducted. It was known by other names such as muscular rheumatism and fibrosita. In 1904, Sir William Gowers coined the term “fibrositis.” In 1976, Dr. P.K. Hench used the term "fibromyalgia" for the first time.
Historical Perspective
Historical Perspective
- In 1900, the first case study of fibromyalgia was conducted. It was known by other names such as muscular rheumatism and fibrosita.
- In 1904, Sir William Gowers coined the term “fibrositis.”
- In 1976, Dr. P.K. Hench used the term "fibromyalgia" for the first time.
- In 1981, Dr. Muhammad B. Yunus published the "first controlled study of the clinical characteristics" of the fibromyalgia syndrome, for which he is considered "the father of our modern view of fibromyalgia."[1][2]
- In 1986, serotonergic and norepinephric drugs were proved to be effective for fibromyalgia.[3]
- In 1987, American Medical Association recognized fibromyalgia as an illness and a cause of disability.
- In 1984, it was proposed that fibromyalgia syndrome and other similar conditions are connected.
- In 1990, the ACR published criteria for fibromyalgia and developed neurohormonal mechanisms with central sensitization.
References
- ↑ John B. Winfield (2007), "Fibromyalgia and Related Central Sensitivity Syndromes: Twenty-five Years of Progress", Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism 36 (6): 335-338.
- ↑ Further Legitimization Of Fibromyalgia As A True Medical Condition, Science Daily, June 25, 2007.
- ↑ F. Fatma Inanici and Muhammad B. Yunus (2004), "History of fibromyalgia: Past to present", 8 (5): 369-378.