ARC Criteria

To fulfil the ARC criteria, a person must:

• Experience pain in 11 of the proscribed 18 tenderpoints on digital palpitation;
• Have chronic pain for more than 3 months;
• Exhibit at least 3 of the following:
• Fatigue;
• Sleep disturbance;
• Anxiety;
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS);
• Headaches - unexplained cause;
• Parasthesia.

The location of the tenderpoints are very well described, all being over anatomical landmarks.