Fibromyalgia & musculoskeletal pain
Suitability of the Numerical Pain Rating Scale for measuring pain in clinical trials evaluating interventions for people with shoulder disorders according to the OMERACT filter 2.2
Authors' conclusion
The NPRS cannot progress to the endorsement stage for the core domain of pain for shoulder conditions due to insufficient evidence for any single NPRS version.
Study context
- Population
- Studies evaluating the Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) for measuring pain in people with shoulder disorders12 studies, 18 pieces of evidence
- Outcome
- Suitability of the NPRS for measuring pain (construct validity, reliability, longitudinal construct validity, clinical trial discrimination, thresholds of meaning) per OMERACT Filter 2.2
Methodological detailsOMERACT Filter 2.2, COSMIN-OMERACT Good Methods Checklist, consensus vote at 2025 OMERACT Shoulder Special Interest Group workshop
- OMERACT Filter 2.2
- COSMIN-OMERACT Good Methods Checklist
- Consensus vote at 2025 OMERACT Shoulder Special Interest Group workshop
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Measurement-property evidence for the NPRS
- Studies examining construct validity
- 3
- Studies examining test-retest reliability
- 2
- Studies examining longitudinal construct validity
- 4
- Studies examining clinical trial discrimination
- 6
- Studies examining thresholds of meaning
- 3
- Components of evidence rated green (good methods)
- 6 (33%)
- Components of evidence rated amber
- 12
Further pooled results
Workshop vote: synthesizing results from studies using different NPRSs inappropriate
- Respondents agreeing
- 75%
Original publication
Suitability of the Numerical Pain Rating Scale for measuring pain in clinical trials evaluating interventions for people with shoulder disorders according to the OMERACT filter 2.2. Semin Arthritis Rheum. Published 20 February 2026. doi:10.
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