Original sentence: There is still debate over what should be considered essential diagnostic criteria.This set of criteria was developed by the American College of Rheumatology as a means of classifying an individual as having fibromyalgia for both clinical and research purposes.While these criteria for classification of patients were originally established as inclusion criteria for research purposes and were not intended for clinical diagnosis, they have become the de facto diagnostic criteria in the clinical setting
Edited sentence: ), the more FM you find.Because of these results the lead author of the ACR criteria now questions their validity and writes "The harder you press (the more you believe.Since the ACR criteria were published, research with mechanical devices that exert defined pressure indicates that diagnosis of fibromyalgia cannot be done objectively by machine and requires a doctor's subjective estimate of how much pressure should be exerted.The ACR criteria for classification of patients were originally established as inclusion criteria for research purposes and were not intended for clinical diagnosis, they have become the de facto diagnostic criteria in the clinical setting.There is still debate over what should be considered essential diagnostic criteria and whether objective diagnosis is possible.Whether one believes in FM or not, tender points capture neither the distress of FM, nor the pain, nor the myriad accompanying symptoms