The history of fibromyalgia / Daniel J. Wallace -- The taxonomy of chronic pain: moving toward more mechanistic classifications / Daniel J. Clauw -- The epidemiology of chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia / John McBeth -- The concept of central sensitivity syndromes / Muhammad B. Yunus -- The neurobiology of chronic musculoskeletal pain (includes chronic regional pain) / Roland Staud -- Neurotransmitters, cytokines, hormones and the immune system in chronic nonneuropathic pain / I. Jon Russell -- Dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system in chronic pain syndromes / Manual Martinez-Lavin -- Functional imaging of pain / Richard H. Gracely and Laurence A. Bradley -- Muscles and peripheral abnormalities in fibromyalgia / Haiko Sprott --Sleep and its potential role in chronic pain and fatigue / Harvey Moldofsky and James MacFarlane -- Symptoms and signs of fibromyalgia syndrome / Muhammad B. Yunus -- Neurological features of fibromyalgia / Robert Bennett -- Myofascial pain syndromes of the head and face / Eli Eliav and Rafael Benoliel -- Psychological factors in fibromyalgia / Laurence A. Bradley and Graciela S. Alarc?n -- Fibromyalgia in children / David D. Sherry --Fibromyalgia in inflammatory and endocrine disorders / David S. Hallegua -- Chronic fatigue syndrome / Atul Deodhar -- The functional bowel disorder spectrum / Lucinda A. Harris and Lin Chang -- Genitourinary associations with fibromyalgia / Daniel J. Wallace and Swamy Venuturupalli -- Chronic low back pain / Thorsten Giesecke and Michael E. Geisser -- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome / Franklin Kozin --The role of trauma in chronic neuromuscluar pain / Samuel A. McLean, Daniel J. Clauw, and David A. Williams -- Controversial syndromes and their relationship to fibromyalgia / Swamy Venuturupalli and Daniel J. Wallace -- The evaluation of individuals with chronic widespread pain / Daniel J. Clauw -- The differential diagnosis of chronic regional pain / Kevin P. White -- Assessment tools and outcome measures used in the investigation of fibromyalgia / Stuart L. Silverman and Susan A. Martin -- Lifestyle and environmental interventions in fibromyalgia and related conditions / Stephanie A. Bolling and Thomas M. Susko --The use of exercise and rehabilitation regimens / Kaisa Mannerkorpi and Maura Daly Iversen -- Cognitive and behavioral approaches to chronic pain / David A. Williams -- Local therapy for fibromyalgia and nonneuropathic pain / Lan Chen -- Systemic therapies for chronic pain / Lesley M. Arnold -- Complementary and alternative medicine for fibromyalgia / Edzard Ernst -- The economic impact of fibromyalgia on society and disability issues / Daniel J. Wallace -- Prognosis / Arash A. Horizon and Michael H. Weisman -- Future research directions / Leslie J. Crofford.