Amplified musculoskeletal pain syndromes

Amplified musculoskeletal pain syndromes are pain syndromes where excessive, acute and chronic pain are observed for which no overt primary cause can be found or surmised.[1]

Amplified musculoskeletal pain syndromes include:[2]

* complex regional pain syndrome, Types I & II (formerly known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) and Causalgia),
* fibromyalgia,
* diffuse idiopathic pain (also called diffuse amplified pain),
* localized idiopathic pain (also called localized amplified pain),
* neuropathic pain,
* reflex neurovascular dystrophy

## References[edit]

1. ^ James T. Cassidy; et al., eds. (2011). Textbook of pediatric rheumatology (6th ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders. p. 718. ISBN 978-1416065814.
2. ^ James T. Cassidy; et al., eds. (2011). Textbook of pediatric rheumatology (6th ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders. p. 721. ISBN 978-1416065814.