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Complex regional pain syndromes: Taxonomy, diagnostic criteria, mechanisms of vascular abnormalites, edema, and pain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1997

Ralf Baron  and
Wilfrid Jänig
Ralf Baron
Affiliation:
Klinik Cr Neurologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Neimannsweg 147, 24105 Kiel, [email protected].
Wilfrid Jänig
Affiliation:
Physiologisches Institut, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, 24098 Kiel, Germany
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Abstract

Complex regional pain syndromes (reflex sympathetic dystrophy, causalgia) are often characterized by pain and autonomic and motor abnormalities. Pathophysiological mechanisms are in the central and peripheral nervous system. Differences in skin temperature and “the ischemia test” may be used as diagnostic criteria. Sympathetic blocks relieve pain and other symptoms in a subgroup of patients (sympathetically maintained pain, SMP). [blumberg et al.]

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , September 1997 , pp. 437 - 439
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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