Lesley M Arnold, Robert M Bennett, Leslie J Crofford, Linda E Dean, Daniel J Clauw, Don L Goldenberg, Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, Eduardo S Paiva, Roland Staud, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Dan Buskila, Gary J Macfarlane
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a common chronic pain disorder that presents diagnostic challenges for clinicians. Several classification, diagnostic and screening criteria have been developed over the years, but there continues to be a need to develop criteria that reflect the current understanding of FM and are practical for use by clinicians and researchers. The Analgesic, Anesthetic, and Addiction Clinical Trial Translations Innovations Opportunities and Networks (ACTTION) public-private partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the American Pain Society (APS) initiated the ACTTION-APS Pain Taxonomy (AAPT) to develop a diagnostic system that would be clinically useful and consistent across chronic pain disorders...
June 2019: Journal of Pain