Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
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Semin. Arthritis Rheum. · Jun 2003
Comparative StudyUse of the leeds assessment of neuropathic symptoms and signs questionnaire in patients with fibromyalgia.
Neuropathic pain syndrome is characterized by chronic, stimulus-independent pain sensation accompanied by hyperalgesia/allodynia and paresthesia. Fibromyalgia (FM) syndrome displays such features. The Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs (LANSS) Pain Scale is an instrument developed and validated to recognize neuropathic pain and set it apart from nociceptive pain. ⋯ The LANSS Pain Scale items may become a useful, easily applied bedside test to differentiate FM pain from the nociceptive pain present in RA and in similar arthritic illnesses.