Fibromyalgia and physical trauma: the concepts we invent

Frederick Wolfe¹, Winfried Häuser², Brian T Walitt²+3

• ¹From the National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases and University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas, USA; Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; Department of Rheumatology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC; Department of Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychology, Health and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands; Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Dr. Wolfe has testified in US courts. Dr. Häuser received honoraria for education lectures from Abbott Germany and Pfizer, and 1 consulting honorarium from Daiichi Sankyo in the last 3 years.F. Wolfe, MD, National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases and University of Kansas School of Medicine; W. Häuser, MD, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy Technische Universität München; B.T. Walitt, MD, MPH, Department of Rheumatology, Washington Hospital Center; R.S. Katz, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center; J.J. Rasker, MD, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychology, Health and Technology, University of Twente; A.S. Russell, MA, MB, BChir, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta. fwolfe@arthritis-research.org.+1