In a more comprehensive family study, Arnold et al. [5] assessed familial aggregation of FMS with measures of tenderness and pain, and familial co-aggregation of FMS with major mood disorder.
Because composite measures (i.e., DAS28-CRP) are influenced by subjective measures of tenderness unrelated to inflammation [ 38], we chose CRP as the measure of disease activity in these models.
Tender points have also been demonstrated to be biased by cognitive and emotional aspects of pain perception, whereas other measures of tenderness are much less so (see below) [ 24].
Moreover, other studies have shown that tender points are not a pure measure of tenderness.
The discrepancies between studies could either be because the therapies did not improve tenderness or because tender points are not a good measure of tenderness.
In brief, a total of 27 traits were measured, seven of which are taste panel assessed sensory traits, one a mechanical measure of tenderness with the remaining 19 being carcass and sirloin measurements.
Under less pressure to strike a street-tough pose, perhaps, the women in the anthology allow their characters a measure of tenderness.
Her cheerfulness stands in contrast to the moods of her son and husband, and Ms. Mason provides a large measure of tenderness and welcome moments of levity.
A total of 27 traits were examined, 19 relating to carcass quality, such as carcass weight and fatness, one mechanical measure of tenderness, and the remaining seven were sensory traits, such as flavour and tenderness, assessed by a taste panel.
Using the same experimental design, Guillemin et al. [38] observed that total lipid content, insoluble and total collagen contents as well as muscle fiber mean area were the only muscle biochemical traits which differ between classes of shear force (a measure of tenderness) for the Longissimus thoracis muscle, which confirmed previous results from Renand et al. [ 6].
Assessments were based on recommendations of the 9th Working Group of Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials (OMERACT), which includes measurement of tenderness and questionnaires on the domains of pain, fatigue, multidimensional function, sleep disturbance and global impression of change.
