Dear Colleagues,

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to attend The 3rd International Virtual Congress on Controversies in Fibromyalgia (Fibromyalgia2021) which will take place 24-25 June 2021.

 

Even as our understanding regarding the pathogenesis and neuroscience underlying fibromyalgia and chronic pain rapidly expand and proliferate in recent years, heated controversies remain regarding many aspects of fibromyalgia, regarding its place in medicine and society and regarding the best ways to alleviate suffering.

 

                              Dr. Jacob Ablin
          Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel
                              Congress Co-Chair

 

                        Prof. Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini
                L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy
                                    Congress Co-Chair

 

 

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Congress Program

09:00 CET
Congress Opening & Welcome
Jacob Ablin, Israel & Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Italy | Congress Chairs
09:10-09:30
Fibromyalgia: Year in review
09:30-09:50
Chronic Pain: Year in review
09:50-10:10
Pain as a Symptom vs. Pain as a Syndrome
10:10-10:30
Time to Stop the Fibromyalgia Criteria Wars
10:30-10:50
Fibromyalgia as a Disease of Misconnection
10:50-11:10
Multicomponent Treatment Strategies
11:10-11:30
Why do Drugs Work so Poorly in Fibromyalgia Patients?
11:30-11:50
COVID-19 and CFS: Possible Mechanisms
13:20-13:40
How Stress Becomes Neuropathic Pain
13:40-14:00
Altered CNS Network Architecture in Chronic Nociplastic Pain
14:00-14:20
Altered DNA Methylation Patterns in Chronic Pain Conditions
14:20-14:40
Biomarkers of Fibromyalgia: Can Neurophysiology Help?
09:00 CET
Congress Welcome - Day 2
Jacob Ablin, Israel & Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Italy I Congress Chairs
09:10-09:30
Sicca Symptoms: What is the clinical significance?
09:30-09:50
Sjogren Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Depression: Are they linked?
09:50-10:10
Novel Sjögren's Autoantibodies Found in Fibromyalgia Patients with Sicca and/or Xerostomia
10:10-10:30
Why do Opioids Not Work in Fibromyalgia?
10:30-10:50
Why and to what extent do Cannabinoids work in Fibromyalgia Patients?
10:50-11:10
Additive Effect of Different Drugs: Does it make sense in Fibromyalgia?
11:10-11:30
Therapeutic validity of exercise interventions in the management of fibromyalgia
11:30-11:50
Neurofeedback
11:50-12:10
Acupuncture
13:30-13:50
The role of registries in the analysis of FM data
13:50-14:10
What is relevant to assess clinical improvement?
14:10-14:30
Can patients achieve a persistent remission?
14:30-14:40
The AISF odv mission
14:40-14:50
The Role of Patients Association: Italy
14:50-15:00
The experience of ENFA
15:00-15:10
The role of patients association: Israel

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