Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice: Part16: Lifestyle and fibromyalgia
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2011
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South African Family Practice
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South African Academy of Family Physicians
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University of Cape Town
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Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder, characterised by chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, and the presence of multiple tender points as well as a host of associated symptomatology. Optimal management of patients with fibromyalgia requires a multidisciplinary approach, with a combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions that are tailored to the patient's pain, dysfunction and associated features, including depression, sleep disorder and fatigue. Non-pharmacological lifestyle-based interventions to treat this disorder include exercise therapy, dietary modification, and psychosocial interventions. This review outlines these three forms of lifestyle intervention in patients with fibromyalgia.
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Derman, E. W., Whitesman, S., Dreyer, M., Patel, D. N., Nossel, C., & Schwellnus, M. P. (2011). Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice: Part 16: Lifestyle and fibromyalgia. South African Family Practice, 53(6), 511-515.