Towards a tool to discriminate between pain mechanistic descriptors: expert ranking of clinical features and allocation of weights using a forced choice paradigm.

Shraim MA, Sterling M, Sluka KA, Arendt-Nielsen L, Backonja M, Baron R, Blechschmidt V, Clauw DJ, Cohen M, Coombes BK, Elsenbruch S, Gilron I, Harris RE, Jones LE, Kapreli E, Kato F, Kosek E, Madden VJ, Nijs J, Reis FJJ, Rice AC, Ringkamp M, Schmid AB, Irani A, Veasley C, Hodges PW

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DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003979
Published: 2026 Jul 1
Container: Pain
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@article{allodium:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003979,
  title = {Towards a tool to discriminate between pain mechanistic descriptors: expert ranking of clinical features and allocation of weights using a forced choice paradigm.},
  author = {Shraim MA and Sterling M and Sluka KA and Arendt-Nielsen L and Backonja M and Baron R and Blechschmidt V and Clauw DJ and Cohen M and Coombes BK and Elsenbruch S and Gilron I and Harris RE and Jones LE and Kapreli E and Kato F and Kosek E and Madden VJ and Nijs J and Reis FJJ and Rice AC and Ringkamp M and Schmid AB and Irani A and Veasley C and Hodges PW},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Pain},
  doi = {10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003979},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003979}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Towards a tool to discriminate between pain mechanistic descriptors: expert ranking of clinical features and allocation of weights using a forced choice paradigm.
AU  - Shraim MA
AU  - Sterling M
AU  - Sluka KA
AU  - Arendt-Nielsen L
AU  - Backonja M
AU  - Baron R
AU  - Blechschmidt V
AU  - Clauw DJ
AU  - Cohen M
AU  - Coombes BK
AU  - Elsenbruch S
AU  - Gilron I
AU  - Harris RE
AU  - Jones LE
AU  - Kapreli E
AU  - Kato F
AU  - Kosek E
AU  - Madden VJ
AU  - Nijs J
AU  - Reis FJJ
AU  - Rice AC
AU  - Ringkamp M
AU  - Schmid AB
AU  - Irani A
AU  - Veasley C
AU  - Hodges PW
PY  - 2026
JO  - Pain
DO  - 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003979
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003979
ER  -

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MA, S., M, S., KA, S., L, A., M, B., R, B., V, B., DJ, C., M, C., BK, C., S, E., I, G., RE, H., LE, J., E, K., F, K., E, K., VJ, M., J, N., FJJ, R., AC, R., M, R., AB, S., A, I., C, V., & PW, H. (2026). Towards a tool to discriminate between pain mechanistic descriptors: expert ranking of clinical features and allocation of weights using a forced choice paradigm.. Pain. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003979

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