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Neuropathic Pain Scale

The Neuropathic Pain Scale (NPS) is a 10-item self-report instrument developed by Jensen and colleagues to measure the quality and intensity of pain associated with neuropathic conditions (nerve damage, peripheral neuropathy, post-herpetic neuralgia, spinal cord injury pain). The NPS captures pain descriptors (sharp, cold, burning, sensitive, itching) and sensations characteristic of neuropathic pain, distinguishing them from nociceptive (tissue-damage-related) pain.

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Neuropathic Pain Scale (NPS)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / pain-medicine
  • Kramer, H.H., Winkelmann, A., Sluka, K.A., & Malin, S.A. (2004). Neuropathic pain: Transmitter-based mechanisms to pharmacological intervention. Journal of Pain, 5(4), 204-221. · URL
  • Dworkin, R.H., Backonja, M., Rowbotham, M.C., et al. (2003). Advances in neuropathic pain: Diagnosis, mechanisms, and treatment recommendations. Archives of Neurology, 60(11), 1524-1534. · DOI 10.1001/archneur.60.11.1524
  • Jensen, M.P., Wald, B., Trueman, S., & Lipton, R.B. (2007). Neuropathic Pain Scale: A reliable measure for assessing the characteristics of neuropathic pain. Clinical Journal of Pain, 23(1), 48-55. · URL
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