FIBROMYALGIA
DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA
ACCORDING TO THE MULTICENTER COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE
OF RHEUMATOLOGY
n
WIDESPREAD PAIN FOR AT LEAST 3
MONTHS
n
TENDERNESS IN AT LEAST 11 OF 18
ANATOMIC SITES
Fibromyalgia has been recognized for decades and described but it wasn’t until 1990 that specific criteria for its diagnosis were made.