Shoulder pain phenotyping: A guide for clinicians to determine predominant nociceptive, neuropathic, or nociplastic shoulder pain
Based on the IASP clinical criteria and grading system for nociplastic pain, we outline pain phenotype evaluation and provide a clinical reasoning framework. To facilitate this, three case studies involving people living with persistent shoulder pain are presented.
Authors
- Liesbet De Baets (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1370-2090)
- Paraskevi Bilika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5469-6793)
- Marc Schiltz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2389-9966)
- César Fernández‐de‐las‐Peñas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3772-9690)
- Jeremy Lewis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7870-9165)
- Inge Bonneux
- Filip Struyf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9128-9684)
- Dorien Borms (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3482-3999)
- Melina Nevoeiro Haik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8703-8356)
- Enrique Lluch‐Girbés (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4119-7551)
- Marco Testa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8643-7200)
- Kevin Kuppens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4592-5974)
- Céline Labie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3090-8154)
- Jo Nijs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4976-6563)
- Eva Kosek
- Zosia Goossens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3988-0119)
- Eleni Kapreli
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
- University of Thessaly (GR)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Universidade Federal de São Carlos (BR)
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (ES)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (GB)
- Pain in Motion (BE)
- Máxima Medisch Centrum (NL)
- University of Genoa (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
- Published
- 2025-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjpt.2025.101240
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01