History[edit] Chronic widespread pain had already been described in the literature in the 19th century but the term fibromyalgia was not used until 1976 when Dr Hench used it to describe these symptoms.[18] Many names, including muscular rheumatism, fibrositis, psychogenic rheumatism, and neurasthenia were applied historically to symptoms resembling those of fibromyalgia.[139] The term fibromyalgia was coined by researcher Mohammed Yunus as a synonym for fibrositis and was first used in a scientific publication in 1981. Fibromyalgia is from the Latin fibra (fiber)[141] and the Greek words myo (muscle) and algos (pain). Historical perspectives on the development of the fibromyalgia concept note the central importance of a 1977 paper by Smythe and Moldofsky on fibrositis. The first clinical, controlled study of the characteristics of fibromyalgia syndrome was published in 1981,[146] providing support for symptom associations. In 1984, an interconnection between fibromyalgia syndrome and other similar conditions was proposed, and in 1986, trials of the first proposed medications for fibromyalgia were published. A 1987 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association used the term fibromyalgia syndrome while saying it was a controversial condition.[148] The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) published its first classification criteria for fibromyalgia in 1990,although these are not strictly diagnostic criteria. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibromyalgia_syndrome
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