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Contribution of inflammation markers and quantitative sensory testing (QST) indices of central sensitisation to rheumatoid arthritis pain.
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Georgopoulos V, Smith S, McWilliams DF, Ferguson E, Wakefield R, Platts D, Ledbury S, Wilson D, Walsh DAAbstract
Pain, the primary complaint in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is multifaceted, and may be driven by inflammatory disease activity and central sensitisation. We aimed to ascertain what proportion of RA pain severity is explained by markers of inflammation and quantitative sensory testing (QST) indices of central sensitisation.