Chronic widespread pain and interference with functioning

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¹ Department of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, Waldweg 37 B, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany Pain Research, Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK.

Comment

Sebastian Straube et al. Pain. 2011 Nov.

. 2011 Nov;152(11):2449-2450.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.06.013. Epub 2011 Jun 23.

¹ Department of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, Waldweg 37 B, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany Pain Research, Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK.

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Observation-based assessment of functional ability in patients with chronic widespread pain: a cross-sectional study.
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