Reliability and Validity of the IASP Clinical Criteria for Identifying Patients with Nociplastic Pain

IASP clinical criteria for identifying nociplastic pain. The criteria is completed by the healthcare professional and includes questions about the patient's clinical picture.

The pain pressure threshold (PPT) is used to measure pain sensitivity in body areas. The test quantifies the minimum amount of pressure in a given area, during an increasing skin pressure stimulus, which is capable of altering the feeling of pressure in pain.