Clinical Study
Pregabalin for Refractory Radicular Leg Pain due to Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Preliminary Prospective Study
Table 1
Pain DETECT questionnaire [
9].
| Item | Score |
| Gradation of pain | | (i) Do you suffer from a burning sensation (e.g., stinging nettles) in the marked areas? | 0–5 | (ii) Do you have a tingling or prickling sensation in the area of your pain (like crawling ants or electrical tingling)? | 0–5 | (iii) Is light touching (clothing. a blanket) in this area painful? | 0–5 | (iv) Do you have sudden pain attacks in the area of your pain, like dectric shocks? | 0–5 | (v) Is cold or heat (bath water) in this area occasionally painful? | 0–5 | (vi) Do you suffer from a sensation of numbness in the areas that you marked? | 0–5 | (vii) Does slight pressure in this area, for example, with a finger, trigger pain? | 0–5 | Pain course pattern | | Please select the picture that best describes the course of your pain: | | Persistent pain with slight fluctuations | 0 | Persistent pain with pain attacks | | Pain attacks without pain between them | +1 | Pain attacks with pain between them | +1 | Radiating pain | | Does your pain radiate to other regions of your body? Yes/No | |
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For each question: never noticed, 0; hardly noticed, 1: slightly noticed, 2: moderately noticed, 3; strongly noticed, 4; very strongly noticed, 5.
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