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Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome, Type 1: Part I
Author(s) -
Dunn Debra G.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61276-3
Subject(s) - medicine , complex regional pain syndrome , chronic pain , sympathectomy , amputation , acupuncture , placebo , pain syndrome , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , modalities , anesthesia , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine , social science , sociology
Chronic regional pain syndrome refers to a class of disorders thought to involve common neuropathic and clinical features. These disorders usually are caused by injury, and they manifest in pain and sensory changes that are disproportionate in intensity, distribution, and duration to the underlying pathology. The result of these injuries is significant impairment of motor function over time. This article is divided into two parts. Part I discusses background information such as pain, pathophysiology, diagnosis, clinical stages, and the most common treatment modality, sympathetic nerve blocks. Part II, discusses alternate treatment modalities, such as sympathectomy, physical therapy, stimulators, trigger point injections, acupuncture, tourniquet effects, placebo effects, and amputation. AORN J 72 (Sept 2000) 421–449.