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Gary J. Macfarlane

Dean of Research (Life Sc. & Medicine) & Chair in Epidemiology, University of Aberdeen
Verified email at abdn.ac.uk
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EULAR revised recommendations for the management of fibromyalgia

GJ Macfarlane, C Kronisch, LE Dean… - Annals of the …, 2017 - ard.bmj.com
Objective The original European League Against Rheumatism recommendations for
managing fibromyalgia assessed evidence up to 2005. The paucity of studies meant that …

Global prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis

LE Dean, GT Jones, AG MacDonald… - …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. For effective health care provision, knowledge of disease prevalence is
paramount. There has been no systematic endeavour to establish continent-based AS …

Occupational risk factors for shoulder pain: a systematic review

DAWM Van Der Windt, E Thomas, DP Pope… - Occupational and …, 2000 - oem.bmj.com
OBJECTIVES To systematically evaluate the available evidence on occupational risk factors
of shoulder pain. METHODS Relevant reports were identified by a systematic search of …

A consensus approach toward the standardization of back pain definitions for use in prevalence studies

CE Dionne, KM Dunn, PR Croft, AL Nachemson… - Spine, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A modified Delphi study conducted with 28 experts in back pain research from
12 countries. Objective. To identify standardized definitions of low back pain that could be …

Outcome of low back pain in general practice: a prospective study

PR Croft, GJ Macfarlane, AC Papageorgiou, E Thomas… - Bmj, 1998 - bmj.com
Objectives: To investigate the claim that 90% of episodes of low back pain that present to
general practice have resolved within one month. Design: Prospective study of all adults …

Predicting who develops chronic low back pain in primary care: a prospective study

E Thomas, AJ Silman, PR Croft, AC Papageorgiou… - Bmj, 1999 - bmj.com
Objectives: To quantify the relative contribution of premorbid and episode specific factors in
determining the long term persistence of disabling symptoms of low back pain. Design …

Risk factors for neck pain: a longitudinal study in the general population

PR Croft, M Lewis, AC Papageorgiou, E Thomas… - Pain, 2001 - Elsevier
The objective of the study was to examine the 1-year cumulative incidence of episodic neck
pain and to explore its associations with individual risk factors, including a history of …

Low back pain in schoolchildren: occurrence and characteristics

KD Watson, AC Papageorgiou, GT Jones, S Taylor… - Pain, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Low back pain in adolescents is perceived to be uncommon in the clinic setting. However,
previous studies have suggested that it may be an important and increasing problem in this …

The prevalence of fibromyalgia in the general population: a comparison of the American College of Rheumatology 1990, 2010, and modified 2010 classification …

GT Jones, F Atzeni, M Beasley, E Flüß… - Arthritis & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 1990 fibromyalgia classification
criteria are based on the presence of widespread pain and tenderness. In 2010, new criteria …

The epidemiology of chronic syndromes that are frequently unexplained: do they have common associated factors?

VR Aggarwal, J McBeth, JM Zakrzewska… - International journal …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background Syndromes for which no physical or pathological changes can be found tend to
be researched and managed in isolation although hypotheses suggest that they may be one …