Central pain contributions in osteoarthritis next steps for improving recognition and treatment.docVIP

Allen Arthritis Research Therapy 2011,13:133 /content/13/6/133 EDITORIAL Central pain contributions in osteoarthritis: next steps for improving recognition and treatment? Kelli Allen* See related research by Murphy et al., /content/13/4/R135 patients with OA do experience heightened pain Abstract sensitivity, with substantial intra-individual variability There is increasing recognition that central pain sensitivity plays an important role in pain severity among patients with osteoarthritis. Murphy and colleagues identi?ed clusters of patients with osteoarthritis acc