We plan a study where we want to compare the results of psychological assessments with biological markers (e.g. serum factors, killer cell activity, stress related factors) at onset and end of inpatient rehabilitation of patients with chronic wide spread pain, especially fibromyalgia.
One important aim of the study is to prove whether some biological markers can predict treatment outcome success of defined different kinds of therapeutic concepts (e.g. balance between psychotherapeutic offers and sports elements).