Chronic
Describes a disease or condition that persists throughout a person's life and must be managed because it cannot be cured.
General
General fibromyalgia terms and chronic pain related definitions for people suffering from Fibromyalgia and/or Chronic Pain.
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Terms
Cervical Spinal Stenosis
A narrowing of the cervical (C-1 through C-7) spinal canal.
Central Nervous System
The part of the human nervous system which consists of the brain and spinal cord
Case Study
Research based on one or a few patients. Case studies may be very detailed and are a good way of finding out about rare conditions or illnesses.
Cam
Complementary and alternative medicine.
Blinded Trial
The principle that if you don't know what treatment you are on (maybe you get a placebo)
Biomedical Research
Scientific research that relates and applies to clinical medicine.
Biofeedback
The technique of making unconscious or involuntary bodily processes (as heartbeat or brain waves) perceptible to the senses (as by the use of an oscilloscope) in order to manipulate them by consci
Bias
Something that distorts a process. This process could be a meeting where a person's views may be biased
Basdai
Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index: Measures AS-specific disease activity. Range 0-10; higher values indicating higher disease activity.