Open AccessComplex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
Author(s) -
Dijana Avdić,
Amila Jaganjac,
Bakir Katana,
Samir Bojičić,
Amra Mačak Hadžiomerović,
Emira Švraka
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2232-7576
pISSN - 1986-8049
DOI - 10.17532/jhsci.2015.240
Subject(s) - complex regional pain syndrome , medicine , dystrophy , reflex , physical examination , disease , neuropathic pain , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , anesthesia , surgery , pathology
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), once known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy, Sudeck's dystrophy and causalgia, is a pain syndrome with indistinctive pathophysiology and unpredictable clinical course. CRPS can develop after a limb fracture, injury or damage to the peripheral or central nervous system. The diagnosis of CRPS is based on the signs and symptoms obtained from the medical history and physical examination. The disease is often resistant to treatment, and its course is not always favorable. A brief overview of this clinical entity is presented, and most relevant and up-to-date information is discussed.