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Neblett et al.[1] have elegantly demonstrated the use of the central sensitization inventory (CSI)[2, 3] as an outcome measure among patients with chronic spinal pain disorder undergoing treatment in a functional restoration program. Their study is encouraging as it is the first application of the CSI in this manner, and offers another useful assessment tool in understanding recovery in such patients. We support the use of this measure and wish to share here our preliminary findings from the recent application of the CSI to our functional restoration program.

The purpose of our analysis was to assess changes in selfreported central sensitization (CS), as captured by the CSI, among patients with chronic pain of varying diagnoses participating in our interdisciplinary chronic pain rehabilitation program (ICPRP). We hypothesized that ICPRP treatment would result in statistically and clinically significant reductions in self …