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Neuropathic Pain (DN4): This questionnaire estimates the probability of neuropathic pain in a patient, by means of four questions divided into ten items to be ticked. The practitioner or clinical research associate in charge of the study interviews or examines the patient and fills in the questionnaire himself. Each item is marked with a "yes" or "no" answer. Each "yes" is worth a score of 1, and each "no" is worth a score of 0. The sum of the scores gives the patient's score (out of 10); if the patient's score is equal to or greater than 4/10, the test is positive.

Treatment compliance in the intervention group, assessed by daily documentation of 5% lidocaine plaster application (Yes/No) in the participant daily diary throughout the 2-month treatment period.

Incidence of adverse events, assessed using the participant daily diary. Participants record the occurrence of adverse events daily (Yes/No) and provide additional details when an adverse event is reported.

Pain evaluation assessed using an 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS; 0 = no pain, 10 = worst imaginable pain). Pain is recorded at baseline, daily in the participant diary throughout the treatment period, and at the end-of-study visit

Concomitant medication use assessed using the participant daily diary. Participants record daily whether any concomitant medication was taken (Yes/No). When applicable, the medication name and dosage are documented.

The quality of life of patients is assessed by the general questionnaire 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36) which can be administered by self or hetero-questionnaire. The SF-36 questionnaire was developed from the Medical Outcome Study, a 149-item questionnaire that was developed to assess how the American healthcare system affects the outcome of care. The SF-36 questionnaire is composed of 36 items and makes it possible to assess the physical and mental health of an individual using eleven questions relating to eight aspects of health: Physical activity, limitations due to physical state, physical pain, perceived health, vitality, life and relationship with others, limitations due to the mental state and mental health. Scores between 0 and 100 are determined. Scores tending towards 100 indicate a better quality of life.

The PSQI is a self-administered questionnaire with 19 items. It was developed to measure sleep quality in the month prior to the patient interview. This questionnaire includes 7 components: subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disturbance, hypnotic medication use and daytime dysfunction. The global score (0 to 21) is obtained by adding the sub-scores of the 7 components, each ranging from 0 to 3 points. In the absence of an answer to one or more questions, the subtotal using this question cannot be calculated and will affect the overall score. The higher the overall score, the greater the impairment in sleep quality. An overall score >5 is an indicator of sleep disturbance.

The measurements will be performed using an ATS thermode applied to the dominant arm of the patients. The Pathway-Medoc system associated with the thermode allows, from a base value of 32°C, to deliver adjustable temperature peaks (in the hot or in the cold and according to a regular slope of 1°C) and controlled by fast feedback, which allows to adapt to the different sensitivity thresholds of the C and A fibers. This device will be used to evaluate: the sensitivity threshold to heat, the sensitivity threshold to cold, the pain threshold to heat and the pain threshold to cold. The determination of each threshold will be established by an average of three measurements.

The patients are seated, the ATS thermode associated with the Pathway is applied to the dominant forearm. From the baseline value of 32°C, the Pathway delivers a "Pain 60 / Test stimulus" for 10 seconds, and the patient scores the pain on a visual numerical scale from 0 to 100. Then, the Pathway delivers a "Pain 60 / Test stimulus" for 30 seconds, and the patient scores the pain on the same scale. Fifteen minutes after the end of the two stimulations, the patient immersed the non-dominant arm for 60 seconds in a water bath at 46.5°C. Then a second identical sequence of 10 and 30 second stimulations was performed, with the scores recorded after each stimulation on the visual numerical scale from 0 to 100. The CPM effect is measured by taking the difference between the pain scores on the visual numerical scale before and after immersion.