ArticleArchives of physiotherapy2022
Use of the painDETECT to discriminate musculoskeletal pain phenotypes.
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- The Role of Muscle Trigger Points in Chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorders with Neuropathic Pain Components: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- BACK-on-LINEEuropean journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Article
- Addressing the unmet challenge of pain in rare bone diseases: new insights from the RUDY UK registry.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2026Article
- Neurofeedback Training for Managing Neuropathic Pain-Like Features in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Protocol for an Open-Label Pilot Feasibility Clinical Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- PainDETECT as a Potential Tool for Personalized Medicine: Predicting Outcome One Year After Knee Arthroplasty.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2025Article
- Does the painDETECT questionnaire identify impaired conditioned pain modulation in people with musculoskeletal pain? - a diagnostic accuracy study.Archives of physiotherapy · 2023Article
- Possible Neuropathic Pain in Clinical Practice-Review on Selected Diagnostic Tools and Its Further Challenges.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundMusculoskeletal pain patients present similar pain characteristics regardless of the clinical diagnosis. PainDETECT questionnaire is useful for screening neuropathic-like symptoms in many musculoskeletal conditions. However, no previous studies compared pain phenotypes of patients with musculoskeletal pain using the painDETECT. Therefore, the current study aimed to compare the pain characteristics of patients with musculoskeletal pain classified according to the painDETECT as nociceptive pain, unclear, and neuropathic-like symptoms.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in 308 participants with musculoskeletal pain. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants were examined. Neuropathic-like symptoms, pain intensity, pain area, Central Sensitization-related sign and symptoms, functional limitation, and conditioned pain modulation were assessed in patients with musculoskeletal pain. Independent one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test for between-group differences for the outcome measures with continuous variables and Pearson chi-square test verified between-group differences on the efficiency of the conditioned pain modulation.
resultsParticipants had a mean age of 52.21 (±15.01) years old and 220 (71.42%) were females. One hundred seventy-three (56.16%) participants present nociceptive pain, 69 (22.40%) unclear, and 66 (21.42%) neuropathic-like symptoms. A one-way ANOVA showed differences for the pain intensity [F (2,305) = 20.097; p < .001], pain area [F (2,305) = 28.525; p < .001], Central Sensitization-related sign and symptoms [F (2,305) = 54.186; p < .001], and functional limitation [F (2,256) = 8.061; p < .001]. However, conditioned pain modulation was similarly impaired among the three groups (X
conclusionPatients with neuropathic-like symptoms revealed unfavorable pain characteristics compared to their counterparts, including pain intensity, generalized pain, Central Sensitization-related sign and symptoms, and functional limitation.
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