Authors' reply to call for caution in the use of PainDETECT to stratify patients into neuropathic and nociceptive pain without additional clinical assessment.

Thank you very much for the opportunity to reply to the letter from Havsik et al. We are grateful to them for sharing their opinions on the PainDETECT questionnaire and welcome the opportunity to further highlight the advantages and disadvantages of the different tools available for investigating pain characteristics and mechanisms in patients with musculoskeletal disease. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.