“…The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ; Melzack, 1975Melzack, , 1983Melzack, , 1985Melzack, , 2005Melzack & Katz, 2001 ) is one of the most widely used self-report measures for the assessment of pain (cf. Leavitt, Garron, Whisler, & Sheinkop, 1978;Charter & Nehemkis, 1983 ;Grushka & Sessle, 1984 ;Chen & Treede, 1985 ;Deschamps, Band, & Coldman, 1988;Bernt, 1991 ;Klepac, Dowling, & Hauge, 1991;Fernandez & Turk, 1992 ;Hase, 1992 ;Boyle & Ciccone, 1994 ;Fernandez & Boyle, 1994, 1995, 1997Boyle, Fernandez, & Ortet, 1999 ;Boyle, 2001 ;Fernandez, 2001 ;Boyle & Boerresen, 2002 ;Boyle & Jang, 2005a, 2005bJang & Boyle, 2006 ). A short form also has been constructed ( Melzack, 1987 ; SF-MPQ), as well as an expanded and revised version (SF-MPQ-2; Dworkin, Turk, Revicki, Harding, Coyne, Peirce-Sandner, et al ., 2009 ) that also includes items measuring neuropathic pain symptoms (cf.…”