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Limited content overlap between commonly used self-report instruments for central (pain) sensitization in rheumatology.
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Ten Klooster PM, Simoes JP, Vonkeman HEAbstract
Central pain mechanisms may be prominent in a considerable subset of rheumatology patients with persistent pain. Several self-report instruments have been used in previous research to infer the presence and severity of central sensitization (CS) that stem from different definitions or approaches of CS. The current study aimed to evaluate and quantify the overlap of actual symptoms measured among self-report measures of CS in rheumatology.