The discriminative validity of nociceptive, Peripheral neuropathic, and central sensitization as mechanisms-based classifications of musculoskeletal pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 655-663

  Smart, Keith M ^a   Blake, Catherine ^b   Staines, Anthony ^c   Doody, Catherine ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

classification; pain mechanisms; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL SENSITIZATION PAIN; CHECKLIST; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANISMS BASED CLASSIFICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 80052758398     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318215f16a     Document Type: Article

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