Open AccessColored Pain Drawing as a Clinical Tool in Differentiating Neuropathic Pain from Non-Neuropathic Pain
Author(s) -
Nalini Sehgal,
Debra B. Gordon,
Scott Hetzel,
Miroslav Bačkonja
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnaa375
Subject(s) - medicine , neuropathic pain , concordance , gold standard (test) , kappa , pain assessment , confidence interval , physical therapy , anesthesia , pain management , philosophy , linguistics
This is a prospective, blinded, case-control study of patients with chronic pain using body diagrams and colored markers to show the distribution and quality of pain and sensory symptoms (aching, burning, tingling, numbness, and sensitivity to touch) experienced in affected body parts.