Psychometric validation of the Polish version of the Central Sensitization Inventory in subjects with chronic spinal pain

• Published in: BMC neurology Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 483 - 13
• Main Authors: Kosińska, Barbara, Tarnacka, Beata, Turczyn, Paweł, Gromadzka, Grażyna, Malec-Milewska, Małgorzata, Janikowska-Hołowenko, Dorota, Neblett, Randy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 11.12.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Alcohol; Back pain; Backache; Central nervous system; Central Nervous System Sensitization; Central sensitization; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Chronic pain; Chronic Pain - diagnosis; CSI-pol; Diagnosis; Factor analysis; Fibromyalgia; Humans; Low back pain; Mental depression; Neck pain; Nervous system; Outpatient care facilities; Pain; Patients; Poland; Psychometrics; Quantitative psychology; Questionnaires; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of Results; Social interactions; Spinal diseases; Temporomandibular joint disorders; Validation; Poland; Validation; Central sensitization; Pain; CSI-pol

Central sensitization is an amplification of neuronal signaling within the central nervous system. The Central Sensitization Inventory was introduced in 2012. A Polish version of the CSI (CSI-Pol) was developed in 2019, but it was not psychometrically validated. The aim of this study was to validate...