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New concepts in rheumatic painMary Ann Fitzcharles
Pain Centre, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada
Rheum Dis Clin North Am 34:267-83. 2008..Understanding of pain mechanisms from the anatomic and molecular perspectives has advanced, prompting the use of more varied pain interventions beyond simple analgesic medications...- A medicolegal analysis of worker appeals for fibromyalgia as a compensable condition following workplace soft-tissue injuryMary Ann Fitzcharles
Division of Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Rheumatol 40:323-8. 2013..We examined the appeals by workers directed to an appeals tribunal for causation of FM following soft-tissue injury sustained in the workplace... 
The 2010 American college of rheumatology fibromyalgia survey diagnostic criteria and symptom severity scale is a valid and reliable tool in a French speaking fibromyalgia cohortMary Ann Fitzcharles
Division of Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 13:179. 2012..The reliability and validity of the translated French version of the FSDC was evaluated...
Pain: understanding and challenges for the rheumatologistMary-Ann Fitzcharles
Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 52:3685-92. 2005- Patient barriers to pain management may contribute to poor pain control in rheumatoid arthritisMary Ann Fitzcharles
Montreal General Hospital Pain Centre, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Pain 10:300-5. 2009..These barriers likely contribute to sub optimal pain management. RA patients tolerate pain and use limited mechanisms to deal with the symptom of pain... - Clinical profile of rheumatic disease patients referred to a multidisciplinary pain centerMary Ann Fitzcharles
Division of Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Rheumatol 31:359-63. 2004..We examined the characteristics and assessed the outcome of patients with rheumatic diseases who were referred to a tertiary care pain center... - Management of chronic arthritis pain in the elderlyMary Ann Fitzcharles
Montreal General Hospital Pain Centre, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Drugs Aging 27:471-90. 2010..The wider range of treatment options now available is both useful and encouraging for the physician managing musculoskeletal aches and pain in the elderly... - Inaccuracy in the diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome: analysis of referralsM A Fitzcharles
Division of Rheumatology and McGill Pain Centre, Department of Medicine, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Quebec, Canada
Rheumatology (Oxford) 42:263-7. 2003..To examine prospectively the accuracy of an initial diagnosis for fibromyalgia (FM)... - A study of standard care in fibromyalgia syndrome: a favorable outcomeMary Ann Fitzcharles
Division of Rheumatology, Montreal General Hospital, Quebec, Canada
J Rheumatol 30:154-9. 2003..A longitudinal prospective study was undertaken to examine the outcome of fibromyalgia (FM) with standard medical care, as well as factors that might either predict or influence this outcome... - The use of infliximab in academic rheumatology practice: an audit of early clinical experienceMary Ann Fitzcharles
Division of Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Rheumatol 29:2525-30. 2002..To audit a first clinical experience of treating rheumatic disease patients with infliximab in the setting of an academic tertiary care rheumatology practice... - Pain Management: Opioid guidelines: helpful for the rheumatologist?Mary Ann Fitzcharles
Division of Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Nat Rev Rheumatol 5:242-4. 2009..Opioids are increasingly used for the treatment of chronic noncancer pain, but this practice remains controversial. A new set of clinical recommendations attempts to guide clinicians through the issues... - Opioid use, misuse, and abuse in patients labeled as fibromyalgiaMary Ann Fitzcharles
Division of Rheumatology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Am J Med 124:955-60. 2011..There is limited information about opioid treatment in fibromyalgia, with all current guidelines discouraging opioid use... - Is there benefit in referring patients with fibromyalgia to a specialist clinic?Francis Si Wai Zih
Division of Rheumatology and McGill Pain Centre, Department of Medicine, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada
J Rheumatol 31:2468-71. 2004..To examine the benefit of specialist rheumatology consultation and followup for the first 238 patients referred to a tertiary care fibromyalgia (FM) clinic with emphasis on final diagnosis and outcome... - Maintenance of exercise in women with fibromyalgiaPatricia L Dobkin
The McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 53:724-31. 2005..To identify predictors of maintenance of exercise for women with fibromyalgia (FM)... - Association of herbal cannabis use with negative psychosocial parameters in patients with fibromyalgiaPeter A Ste-Marie
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 64:1202-8. 2012..Medicinal cannabinoids are popularly advocated for pain relief but with limited evidence for efficacy in FM. The extent of use of cannabinoids in FM is unknown... - Adherence during an individualized home based 12-week exercise program in women with fibromyalgiaPatricia L Dobkin
Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Rheumatol 33:333-41. 2006..In this prospective study we examined predictors for adherence to stretching and aerobic exercises in women provided with an individualized home based program... - The effects of nabilone on sleep in fibromyalgia: results of a randomized controlled trialMark A Ware
Pain Clinic, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Anesth Analg 110:604-10. 2010..We evaluated the safety and efficacy of nabilone, a synthetic cannabinoid, on sleep disturbance in fibromyalgia (FM), a disease characterized by widespread chronic pain and insomnia... - Cannabis for chronic pain: case series and implications for cliniciansMark A Ware
McGill University Health Centre Montreal General Hospital Pain Centre, Montreal, Canada
Pain Res Manag 7:95-9. 2002..Chronic pain is one of the most common reasons for therapeutic cannabis use... - Determinants of sleep problems in patients with spondyloarthropathyDeborah Da Costa
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Quebec, Canada
Musculoskeletal Care 7:143-61. 2009..To characterize sleep complaints and identify biopsychosocial factors associated with sleep problems in patients with spondyloarthropathy (SpA)... - Biopsychosocial determinants of physical and mental fatigue in patients with spondyloarthropathyDeborah Da Costa
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, 687 Pine Ave, Montreal, QC H3A 1A1, Canada
Rheumatol Int 31:473-80. 2011..A multidimensional assessment of fatigue in SpA is needed to tailor and optimize interventions aimed at alleviating fatigue... - Opioid use in fibromyalgia is associated with negative health related measures in a prospective cohort studyMary Ann Fitzcharles
Division of Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 1A4 Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 1A4
Pain Res Treat 2013:898493. 2013..Only a formal study of opioid use in FM will clarify this issue, but until then physicians must be vigilant regarding the multiple adverse consequences of opioid therapy... - Imaging studies in Freund's complete adjuvant model of regional polyarthritis, a model suitable for the study of pain mechanisms, in the ratLina Almarestani
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 63:1573-81. 2011..We undertook this study to characterize this model by means of conventional radiography, microfocal computed tomography, and bone densitometry and by examining changes in pain-related behavior... - Management of chronic pain in the rheumatic diseases with insights for the clinicianMary Ann Fitzcharles
Montreal General Hospital Pain Centre, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis 3:179-90. 2011..Although complete relief of pain is still an unrealistic objective, reasonable outcome goals for symptom relief should be accompanied with an improvement in function... - Evaluation of the clinimetric properties of the Early Inflammatory Arthritis--self-administered comorbidity questionnaireMurray Baron
Division of Rheumatology, Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Rheumatology (Oxford) 48:390-4. 2009..To adapt the self-administered comorbidity questionnaire (SCQ) into the Early Inflammatory Arthritis-SCQ (EIA-SCQ) and assess its clinimetric properties in EIA... - Is it time for rheumatologists to rethink the use of manual therapies?Mary Ann Fitzcharles
J Rheumatol 29:1117-20. 2002 - Induction of autoantibodies during prolonged treatment with infliximabMariam Louis
Division of Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre at Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4
J Rheumatol 30:2557-62. 2003..Concomitant immunosuppressive treatments did not preclude the formation of antibodies. The clinical significance of antibody formation remains to be determined... - Mental health status and leisure-time physical activity contribute to fatigue intensity in patients with spondylarthropathyDeborah Da Costa
Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 51:1004-8. 2004..Integrating regular leisure physical activity into the comprehensive treatment of SpA may be useful for modulating fatigue... - Rheumatoid neutrophilic dermatitis: rare cutaneous manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis in a patient with palindromic rheumatismPantelis Panopalis
Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada
J Rheumatol 31:1666-8. 2004 - Collagenous colitis with spondyloarthropathy presenting as fibromyalgia syndromeStavroula Christopoulos
Division of Rheumatology and the McGill-MGH Pain Centre, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada
J Rheumatol 31:1455-6. 2004..We describe a patient whose initial presentation masqueraded as fibromyalgia with associated bowel symptoms, but who was finally diagnosed as having collagenous colitis and inflammatory spondyloarthropathy... - A dramatic response to inhaled cannabis in a woman with central thalamic pain and dystoniaAvijit Chatterjee
J Pain Symptom Manage 24:4-6. 2002 - Whiplash and fibromyalgia: an ever-widening gapYoram Shir
J Rheumatol 33:1045-7. 2006