[The utility of a classification scale of lumbar pain for the diagnosis of the fibromyalgia syndrome]

Clin Ter. 1993 Feb;142(2):135-40.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

To help fibromyalgia syndrome's diagnosis, the authors propose the use of Back Pain Classification Scale (BPCS), verbal test for pain analysis, able to distinguish between organic and functional disease. Two-hundred patients suspected for fibromyalgia and forty controls completed the questionnaire and so it was possible correctly to distinguish patients with organic disease from those affected by fibromyalgia. The authors conclude that BPCS can represent a useful tool for fibromyalgia diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Back Pain / classification*
  • Back Pain / diagnosis
  • Back Pain / etiology
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Female
  • Fibromyalgia / complications
  • Fibromyalgia / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pain Measurement