Open AccessCan the Outcome of Spinal Cord Stimulation in Chronic Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I Patients Be Predicted by Catastrophizing Thoughts?
Author(s) -
Inge E. Lamé,
Madelon L. Peters,
Jacob Patijn,
Alfons G.H. Kessels,
José W. Geurts,
Maarten van Kleef
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181a9082b
Subject(s) - medicine , pain catastrophizing , contraindication , physical therapy , quality of life (healthcare) , chronic pain , complex regional pain syndrome , visual analogue scale , population , physical medicine and rehabilitation , alternative medicine , nursing , environmental health , pathology
In this study, we examined whether pain catastrophizing is a predictor of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) outcome in patients with complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS-I).