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Updated April 25, 2011

Children

Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain and the Emergency Department

Complications

CRPS Overview

CRPS and Autoantibodies

CRPS and Dystonia/Movement Disorders

CRPS and Pregnancy

CRPS and Other Conditions

CRPS and Surgery

Driving

Epidemiology and Pathology

Glia Activation and Neuropathic Pain

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)

Impairment/Disability

Ketamine Treatment

Mirror Therapy and Graded Motor Imagery

Neuropathic Pain

RSDSA-Funded Research

Research

Spinal Cord Stimulation and Neuromodulation

Treatment

Children
Author: de Rooij AM, de Mos M, Sturkenboom MCJM, Marinus J, van den Maagdenberg AMJM, van Hilten JJ
Title: Familial occurrence of complex regional pain syndrome
Source: Euro J Pain. 2008 (In press).

Author: de Rooij AM, de Mos M, van Hilten JJ, et al
Title: Increased Risk of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in Siblings of Patients?
Source: J Pain. 2009;10(12):1250-1255.

Author: Finiss DG, Murphy PM, Brooker C, Nicholas MK, Cousins MJ
Title: Complex regional pain syndrome in children and adolescents
Source: Eur J Pain. 2006.

Author: Genc H, Karagoz A, Saracoglu M, Sert E, Erdem HR
Title: Complex regional pain syndrome type-I after rubella vaccine
Source: Eur J Pain. 2005;9:517-520.

Author: Güler-Uysal F, Başaran S, Geertzen JHB, Göncü K
Title: A 2½-year-old girl with reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (CRPS type I): case report
Source: Clin Rehabil. 2003;17(2):224-227.

Author: Higashimoto T, Baldwin EE, Gold JI, Boles RG
Title: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: Complex regional pain syndrome type 1 in children with mitochondrial disease and maternal inheritance
Source: Arch Dis Child. 2008;93:390-397.

Author: Lebel A, Becerra L, Wallin D, et al
Title: fMRI reveals distinct CNS processing during symptomatic and recovered complex regional pain syndrome in children
Source: Brain. 2008;131:1854-1874.

Author: Littlejohn GO
Title: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy in adolescents: lessons for adults (Editorial)
Source: Arthritis Rheum. 2004;51(2):151-153.

Author: Logan DE, Chiang G, Condon M, et al
Title: Development of an intensive pain rehabilitation program for children and adolescents with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Source: Pediatric Pain Letter. 2010;12(1):1-6. Commentary.

Author: Low AK, Ward K, Wines AP
Title: Pediatric Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Source: J Pediatr Orthop. 2007;27(5):567-572.

Author: Meier PM, Alexander ME, Sethna NF, De Jon-De Van Steenwijk CCE, Zurakowski D, Berde CB
Title: Complex Regional Pain Syndromes in Children and Adolescents: Regional and Systemic Signs and Symptoms and Hemodynamic Response to Tilt Table Testing
Source: Clin J Pain. 2006;22:399-406.

Author: Mendicino RW, Kim C, Kabazie AJ, Catanzariti AR
Title: Correction of Severe Foot and Ankle Contracture Due to CRPS Using External Fixation and Pain Management: Report of a Pediatric Case
Source: J Foot Ankle Surg. 2008;47(5):434-440.

Author: Olsson GL, Meyerson BA, Linderoth B
Title: Spinal cord stimulation in adolescents with complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS-I)
Source: Euro J Pain. 2008;12:53-59.

Author: Sethna NF, Meier PM, Zurakowski D, Berde CB
Title: Cutaneous sensory abnormalities in children and adolescents with complex regional pain syndromes
Title: Pain. 2007;131:153-161.

Author: Sherry DD, Wallace CA, Kelley C, Kidder M, and Sapp Lyn
Title: Short-and Long-term Outcomes of Children with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I Treated with Exercise Therapy
Source: Clin J Pain. 1999;15:218-223.

Author: Stanton-Hicks M
Title: Plasticity of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) in Children
Source: Pain Med. 2010;11(8):1216-1223.

Author: Stanton-Hicks M, Kapural L
Title: An Effective Treatment of Severe Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1 in Child Using High Doses of Intrathecal Ziconotide (Letter to the Editor)
Source: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2006;6:509-510.

Author: Tan ECTH, van de Sandt-Renkema N, Krabbe PFM, Aronson DC, Severijnen RSVM
Title: Quality of life in adults with childhood-onset of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type I
Source: Injury. 2009;40:901-904.

Author: Wilder RT, Berde CB, Wolohan M, Vieyra MA, Masek B, Michell LJ
Title: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy in Children
Source: J Bone Joint Surg. 1992;7:910-918.

Author: Wilder RT
Title: Management of pediatric patients with CRPS
Source:Clinl J Pain. 2006;5:443-448.

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Chronic Pain
Author: Baron MJ, McDonald PW
Title: Significant pain reduction in chronic pain patients after detoxification from high-dose opioids
Source: J Opioid Manage. 2006;2:5:277-281.

Author: Cho S, Heiby EM, McCracken LM, Lee S-M, Moon D-E
Title: Pain-Related Anxiety as a Mediator of the Effects of Mindfulness on Physical and Psychosocial Functioning in Chronic Pain Patients in Korea
Source: J Pain. 2010;11(8):789-797.

Author: Cho S, Lee S-M, McCracken LM, Moon D-E, Heiby EM
Title: Psychometric Properties of a Korean Version of the Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale-20 in Chronic Pain Patients
Source: In J Behav Med. 2010;17:108-117.

Author: Coffey RJ, Owens ML, Broste SK, et al
Title: Mortality Associated with Implantation and Management of Intrathecal Opioid Drug Infusion Systems to Treat Noncancer Pain
Source: Anesthesiology. 2009;111:881-891.

Accompanying Editorial
Author: Rathmell JP, Miller MJ
Title: Death after Initiation of Intrathecal Drug Therapy for Chronic Pain: Assessing Risk and Designing Prevention
Source: Anesthesiology. 2009;111:706-708.

Author: Dunn KM, Saunders KW, Rutter CM, et al
Title: Opioid Prescriptions for Chronic Pain an Overdose: A Cohort Study
Source: Ann Intern Med. 2010;152(2):85-92.

Author: Gottschalk A, Raja SN
Title: Severing the Link between Acute and Chronic Pain
Source: Anesthesiol. 2004;101:1063-1065.

Author: Hutchinson MR, Zhang Y, Shridhar M, et al
Title: Evidence that opioids may have toll-like receptor 4 and MD-2 effects
Source: Brain Behav Immunity. 2009; In press.

Author: Jones EG
Title: Thalamocortical dysrhythmia and chronic pain
Source: Pain. 2010; In press.

Author: Jones-London M
Title: Expectations of Pain: I Think, Therefore I Am
Source: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Author: Kannerstein D, Whitman S
Title: Surviving a Loved One's Chronic Pain
Source: Pract Pain Manage. 2007; Jan/Feb:48-52.

Author: Meisner JG, Waldron JB, Sawynok J
Title: Alpha1-Adrenergic Receptors Augment P2X3 Receptor-Mediated Nociceptive Responses in the Uninjured State
Source: J Pain. 2007;8(7):556-562.

Author: Nampiaparampil DE
Title: Prevalence of Chronic Pain After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review
Source: JAMA. 2008;300(6):711-719.

Author: Paice JA
Title: Sexuality and Chronic Pain
Source: Am Chronic Pain Soc Chron.

Author: Schwartz R
Title: Weather Sensitive Pain

Author: Stengler MA
Title: Natural Remedies for Constipation
Source: Bottom Line Health. 2006;15:9-10.

Author: Teets RY, Dahmer S, Scott E
Title: Integrative medicine approach to chronic pain
Source: Prim Care. 2010;37(2):407-421.

Author: Trescot AM, Boswell MV, Atluri SL, et al
Title: Opioid Guidelines in the Management of Chronic Noncancer Pain
Source: Pain Physician. 2006;9:1-40.

Author: Webster LR, Fakata KL, Charapata S, Fisher R, MineHart M
Title: Open-Label Multicenter Study of Combined Intrathecal Morphine and Ziconotide: Addition of Morphine in Patients Receiving Ziconotide for Severe Pain
Source: Pain Med. 2003;9(3):282-290.

Author: Wirth JH, Hudgins JC, Paice JA
Title: Use of Herbal Therapies to Relieve Pain: A Review of Efficacy and Adverse Effects
Source: Pain Manage Nurs. 2005;6(4):145-167.

Author: Wise C
Title: Back Pain and Common Musculoskeletal Problems
Source: WebMD, Sci Am Med. 2003.

Author: Witonsky A, Whitman SM
Title: Puzzling Pain Conditions: How Philosophy Can Help Us Understand Them
Source: Pain Med. 2005;6:315-322.

Author: Ziegler PP
Title: Addiction and the Treatment of Pain
Source: Subst Use Misuse. 2005;40:1945-1954.

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Chronic Pain and the Emergency Department
Author: Beth Israel Medical Center
Title: EMPainline: A resource for pain management and emergency medicine

Author: Ducharme J
Title: Clinical Guidelines and Policies: Can the Improve Emergency Department Pain Management?
Source: J Law Med Ethics: Pain Manage Emerg Department. 2005;3(4):783-790.

Author: Meyer ML, Todd KH
Title: Chronic Pain and the ER Visit
Source: RSDSA Review. 2006;19(2):8-9.

Author: Todd KH
Title: Chronic Pain and Aberrant Drug-Related Behavior in the Emergency Department
Source: J Law Med Ethics: Pain Manage Emerg Department. 2005;3(4):761-769.

Author: Wilsey BL, Fishman SM, Ogden C
Title: Prescription Opioid Abuse in the Emergency Department
Source: J Law Med Ethics: Pain Manage Emerg Department. 2005;3(4):770-782.

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Complications
Author: Davis A
Title: Wounds that Won't Heal
Source: RSDSA Review. Spring 2008.

Author: Goris RJA
Title: Skin Complications in RSD patients

Author: Greipp ME, Thomas AF
Title: Skin Lesions Occurring in Clients with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome
Source: J Neurosci Nurs. 1994;26:340-341.

Author: Nishikawa M, Tanikoa M, Araki E, et al
Title: Extensive skin necrosis of the arm in a patient with complex regional pain syndrome
Source: Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 2008;33:733-735

Author: Rijkers K, van Aalst J, Kurt E, et al
Title: Effect of spinal cord stimulation in Type I complex regional pain syndrome with 2 rare severe cutaneous manifestations
Source: J Neurosurg. 2009;110:274-278.

Author: Swart CMA, Stins JF, Beek PJ
Title: Cortical changes in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
Source: Eur J Pain. 2008.

Author: Webster GF, Schwartzman RJ, Jacoby, RA, Knobler RL, Uitto JJ
Title: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Occurrence of Inflammatory Skin Lesions in Patients With Stages II and III Disease
Source: Arch Dermatol. 1991;127:1541-1544.

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CRPS Overview
Author: Baron R, Fields HL, Janig W, Kitt C, Levine JD
Title: National Institutes of Health Workshop: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/Complex Regional Pain Syndromes—State-of-the-Science
Source: Anesth Analg. 2002;95:1812-1816.

Author: Beerthuizen A, van 't Spijker A, Huygen FJPM, de Wit R
Title: Is there an association between psychological factors and the Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type 1 (CRPS1) in adults? A systematic review
Source: Pain. 2009;145:52-59.

Author: Bruehl S
Title: An Update on the Pathophysiology of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Source: Anesthesiol. 2010;113(3):713-725.

Author: Chen Y, Kelly J
Title: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: A Case of Total Body Pain
Source: Nurse Practitioner. 2007;32(9):8-10.

Author: Chung OY, Bruehl S
Title: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Source: Curr Treatment Options Neurol. 2003;5.

Author: de Mos, Huygen FJPM, Dieleman JP, Koopman JSHA, Stricker BHCh, Sturkenboom MCJM
Title: Medical history and the onset of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
Source: Pain. 2008;In press.

Author: de Mos M, Sturkenboom MCJM, Huygen FJPM
Title: Current Understandings on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Source: Pain Pract. 2009;9(2):86-99. Review.

Author: Dowd GSE, Hussein R, Khanduja V, Ordman AJ
Title: Complex regional pain syndrome with special emphasis on the knee
Source: J Bone Joint Surg (Br). 2007;89:B285-290.Author: Hsu ES
Title: Practical Management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Source: Am J Therapeutics. 2009;16:147–154.

Author: Dunn DG
Title: Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome, type 1: Part II
Source: AORN J. 2000;72(4):643-653.

Author: Feliu MH, Edwards CL
Title: Psychologic Factors in the Development of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: History, Myth, and Evidence
Source: Clin J Pain. 2010;26:258-263.

Author: Groopman J
Title: When Pain Remains
Source: The New Yorker. Oct. 10, 2005

Author: Harden RN, Bruehl S, Perez RSGM, et al
Title: Development of a severity score for CRPS
Source: Pain. 2010;151:870-876.

Author: Hsu ES
Title: Practical Management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Source: Am J Therapeutics. 2009;16:147–154.

Author: Janig W, Baron R
Title: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome; Mystery Explained?
Source: Lancet Neurol. 2003;2:687-697.

Author: Maihofner C, Seifert F, Markovic K
Title: Complex regional pain syndromes: new pathophysiological concepts and therapies
Source: Eur J Neurol. E-pub 18 Feb 2010.

Author: Maleki A, LeBel AA, Bennett GJ, Schwartzman RJ
Title: Patterns of spread in complex regional pain syndrome, type I (reflex sympathetic dystrophy)
Source: Pain 2000;88.

Author: McCabe CS, Blake DR
Title: An embarrassment of pain perceptions? Towards an understanding of and explanation for the clinical presentation of CRPS type 1
Source: Rheumatology. 2008;47:1612-1616.

Author: Melis M, Zawawi K, Al-Badawi E, Logo SL, Mehta N
Title: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in the Head and Neck: A review of the Literature
Source: J Orofacial Pain. 2002;16:93-104.

Author: Miller RLS
Title: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Source: Orthop Nurs. 2003;22:91-99.

Author: Mogilevsky M, Janig W, Baron R, Harden RN
Title: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - A Multifaceted Disorder Requiring Multidimensional Care: Case Study
Source: J Pain. 2007;8(9):677-681.

Author: Moskovitz P
Title: An Overview of CRPS: A brief overview of some of the principles and components of the evaluation and management of CRPS
Source: Pract Pain Manage. 2010 Jan/Feb.

Author: Moskovitz P
Title: When the Pain Just Won't Go Away
Source: Bottom Line Health. 2004 Aug:11-12.

Author: Oaklander AL
Title: RSD/CRPS: The end of the beginning (editorial)
Source: Pain. 2008; In press.

Author: Oaklander AL, Fields HL
Title: Is Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I a Small-Fiber Neuropathy?
Source: Ann Neurol. 2009;65:629-638.

Author: Perez RS, Zollinger PE, Dijkstra PU, et al
Title: Evidence based guidelines for complex regional pain syndrome type 1
Source: BMC Neurology. 2010;10(20):http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/10/20

Author: Quisel A, Gill JM, Witherell P
Title: Complex regional pain syndrome underdiagnosed
Source: J Fam Pract. 2005;54(6):524-532.

Author: Raja SN, Grabow TS
Title: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome I (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy)
Source: Anesthesiol. 2002;96:1254-1260.

Author: Schott GD
Title: Complex? Regional? Pain? Syndrome?
Source: Practical Neurology. 2007;7:145-157.

Author: Schwartzman RJ, McLellan TL
Title: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: A Review
Source: Arch Neurol. 1987;44:555-561.

Author: Turner-Stokes L
Title: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy—a complex regional pain syndrome
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation. 2002;24:939-947.

Author: van der Laan L, Goris RJA
Title: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: A Exaggerated Regional Inflammatory Response?
Source: Hand Clinics. 1997;13:373-385.

Author: Wasner G, Schattschneider J, Binder A, Baron R
Title: Complex regional pain syndrome—diagnostic, mechanisms, CNS involvement and therapy
Source: Spinal Cord. 2003;41:61-75.

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CRPS and Autoantibodies

Author: Birklein F, Sommer C
Title: Intravenous Immunoglobulin to Fight Complex Regional Pain
Syndromes: Hopes and Doubts
Source: Ann Intern Med. 2010;152:188-189.

Author: Blaes F, Tschernatsch M, Braeu MD et al.
Title:Autoimmunity in Complex-Regional
Pain Syndrome
Source:Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci.2007;1107: 168–173.

Author: Kohr D, Tschernatsch M, Schmitz et al.
Title:Autoantibodies in complex regional pain syndrome bind
to a differentiation-dependent neuronal surface autoantigen
Source: PAIN. 2009; 143:246–251.

Author: Goebel A, Leite MI, Yang L et al.
Title:The passive transfer of immunoglobulin G serum antibodies from patients
with longstanding Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Source: Eur J Pain. 2010;in press.

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CRPS and Dystonia/Movement Disorders
Author: Agrawal SK, Rittey CD, Harrower NA, Goddard JM, Mordekar SR
Title: Movement disorders associated with complex regional pain syndrome in children
Source: Develop Med Child Neurol. 2009;51:557-562.

Author: de Klaver MJM, van Rijn MA, Marinus J, Soede W, de Laat JAPM, van Hilten JJ
Title: Hyperacusis in patients with complex regional pain syndrome related dystonia
Source: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. E-pub 30 Apr 2007.

Author: de Rooij AM, Gosso MF, Haasnoot GW, et al
Title: HLA-B62 and HLA-DQ8 are associated with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome with fixed dystonia
Source: Pain. 2009;145:82-85.

Author: Gosso MF, de Rooij AM, Alsina-Sanchis E, et al
Title: Systematic mutation analysis of seven dystonia genes in complex regional pain syndrome with fixed dystonia
Source: J Neurol. E-pub 12 Jan 2010.

Author: Munts AG, van der Plas, Voormelon JH, et al
Title: Intrathecal glycine for pain and dystonia in complex regional pain syndrome
Source: Pain. 2009; In press.

Author: Munts AG, van Rootselaar AF, van der Meer JN, Koelman JHTM, van Hilten JJ, Tijssen MAJ
Title: Clinical and Neurophysiological Characterization of Myoclonus in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Source: Movement Disorders. 2008;23(4):581-587.

Author: Navani A, Rusy LM, Jacobson RD, Weisman SJ
Title: Treatment of Tremors in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Source: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2003;25(4):386-390.

Author: Oaklander AL
Title: Progression of dystonia in complex regional pain syndrome
Source: Neurology. 2004 July 27;751.

 
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Correspondence
Source: Neurology. 2005 June;64:2162-2164.

Author: Raja SN
Title: Motor dysfunction in CRPS and its treatment
Source: Pain. 2009; In press.

Author: Schwartzman RJ, Kerrigan J
Title: The movement disorder of reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Source: Neurol. 1990;40:57-61.

Author: van Hilten JJ
Title: Treatment of Movement Disorders Associated with RSD/CRPS
Source: Presented at the International Update on CRPS, San Diego, CA, September 11, 2004.

Author: van Rijn MA, Munts AG, Marinus J, et al
Title: Intrathecal baclofen for dystonia of complex regional pain syndrome
Source: Pain. 2009; In press.

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CRPS and Pregnancy
Author: de Mos M, Huygen FJPM, Stricker BHCh, Dieleman JP, Sturkenboom MCJM
Title: Estrogens and the risk of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
Source: Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2009;18(1)44-52.

Author: Lasich C
Title: Pregnancy, Pain, and Pills...Oh My!
Source: Health Central. E-pub 19 Jan 2010.

Author: Poncelet C, Perdu M, Levy-Weil F, Phillippe HJ, Nisand I
Title: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy in pregnancy: nine cases and a review of the literature
Source: Euro J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1999;S6:55-63.

Author: Prager JP
Title: Clinical Q & A: CRPS and Parenthood
Source: RSDSA Review. 2007;20(2):12.

Author: Sergent F, Mouroko D, Sellam R, Mareau L
Title: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy involving the ankle in pregnancy: characteristics and therapeutic management
Source: Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2003;31:543-545.

Author: Zrigui J, Etaouil N, Mkinsi O
Title: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy and pregnancy: a case report
Source: Joint Bone Spine. 2002 May;69(3):342-344.

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CRPS and other conditions
Author: Allen R, Koshi LR
Title: Excessive limb guarding may increase complex regional pain syndrome risk

Author: Bhattarai B, Shrestha BP, Rahman TR, Sharma SK, Tripathi M
Title: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) type-1 following snake bite: a case report
Source: Nepal Med Coll J. 2008;10(4):278-280.

Author: Blaes F, Tschernatsch M, Braeu ME, et al
Title: Autoimmunity in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Source: Ann NY Acad Sci. 2007;1107:168-173.

Author: Chancellor MB, Shenot PJ, Rivas DA, Manel S, Schwartzman RJ
Title: Urological Symptomatology in Patients with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Source: J Urol. 1996;155:634-637.

Author: Das A, Puvanendran K
Title: Springomyelia and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome as Complications of Multiple Sclerosis
Source: Arch Neurol. 1999;56:1021-1024.

Author: Goebel A, Buhner S, Schedel R, Lochs H, Sprotte G
Title: Altered intestinal permeability in patients with primary fibromyalgia and in patients with complex regional pain syndrome
Source: Rheumatology (Oxford). 2008;47:1223-1227.

Author: Janicki TI
Title: Chronic pelvic pain as a form of CRPS
Source: International Pelvic Pain Society. 2002. San Diego.

Author: Martinez-Lavin M
Title: Is Fibromyalgia a Generalized Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy?
Source: Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2001;19:1-3.

Author: Mekhail N, Kapural LK
Title: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I in Cancer Patients
Source: Curr Rev Pain. 2000;4:227-233.

Author: Peterlin BL, Rosso AL, Nair S, Young WB, Schwartzman RJ
Title: Migraine may be a risk factor for the development of complex regional pain syndrome
Source: Cephalalgia. 2009 (In press)

Author: Rasmussen JW, Grothusen JR, Rosso AL, Schwartzman RJ
Title: Atypical Chest Pain: Evidence of Intercostobrachial Nerve Sensitization in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Source: Pain Physician. 2009;12:E329-E334.

Author: Schwartzman RJ, Gurusinghe C, Gracely E
Title: Prevalence of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in a Cohort of Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Source: Pain Physician. 2008;11:133-136.

Author: Stoler JM, Oaklander ALO
Title: Patients with Ehlers Danlos syndrome and CRPS: A possible association?
Source: Pain. 2006;123:204-209.

Author: Tsutsumi A, Horita T, Ohmuro J, et al
Title: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy in a Patient With the Antihospholipid Syndrome
Source: Lupus. 1999;8:471-473.

Author: van der Laan L, Goris RJA
Title: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy After a Burn Injury
Source: Burns. 1996.22;4:303-306.

Author: Wurtman RJ
Title: Fibromyalgia and the complex regional pain syndrome: similarities in pathophysiology and treatment
Source: Metaboilsm Clin Exp. 2010;59(Suppl 1):S37-S40.

Author: Zollinger PE, Tuinebreijer WE, Kreis RW, Breederveld RS
Title: Effect of vitamin C on frequency of reflex sympathetic dystrophy in wrist fractures: a randomised trial
Source: Lancet. 1999;354:2025–2028.

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CRPS and Surgery
Author: Besse J, Gadeyne S, Galand-Desme S, Lerat J, Moyen B
Title: Effect of vitamin C on prevention of complex regional pain syndrome type I in foot and ankle surgery
Source: Foot Ankle Surg. 2009;15:179-182.

Author: Brauser D
Title: Pregabalin Reduces Chronic Neuropathic Pain After Total Knee Replacement Surgery: Presented at ASA
Source: Doctor's Guide Dispatch. October 21, 2008.

Author: Cramer G, Young BM, Schwarzentraub DPM, Oliva CM, Racs G
Title: Preemptive Analgesia in Elective Surgery in Patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Case Report
Source: J Foot Ankle Surg. 2002:39:387-391.

Author: Dellon AL, Andonian E, Rosson GD
Title: CRPS of the upper or lower extremity: surgical treatment outcomes
Source: J Brachial Plexus Peripheral Nerve Inj. 2009 Feb 20.

Author: Hossain M, Andrew JG
Title: Complex regional pain syndrome after hip replacement in a diabetic patient
Source: Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. E-pub 10 Jan 2010.

Author: Li Z, Smith BP, Tuohy C, Smith TL, Andrew Koman L
Title: Complex regional pain syndrome after hand surgery
Source: Hand Clin. 2010;26(2):281-289.

Author: Marx C, Wiedersheim P, Michel BA, Stucki G
Title: Preventing Recurrence of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy in Patients Requiring an Operative Intervention at the Site of Dystrophy after Surgery
Source: Clin Rheumatol. 2001;20:114-118.

Author: Zollinger PE, Unal H, Ellis ML, Tuinebreijer WE
Title: Clinical Results of 40 Consecutive Basal Thumb Prostheses and No CRPS Type I After Vitamin C Prophylaxis
Source: Open Orthopaedics J. 2010;4:62-66.

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Driving
Author: Chapman S
Title: The Effects of Opioids on Driving Ability in Patients With Chronic Pain
Source: APS Bulletin. 2001;11.

Author: ScienceDaily
Title: Driving Abilities Not Impaired By Moderate, Long-Term Pain Medication Use, Study Suggests
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071123201438.htm

Author: Vainio A, Ollila J, Matikainen E, Roenberg P, Kalso E
Title: Driving ability in cancer patients receiving long-term morphine analgesia
Source: Lancet. 1995;356:667-670.

Author: van den Bosch G, de Doncker M, Vercruysse P, Maeyaert J, Vissers K, Neels H
Title: Driving and intrathecal morphine administration
Source: Euro J Pain. 2001;5:443-447.

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Epidemiology and Pathology
Author: Agarwal S, Broatch J, Raja SN
Title: Web-based Epidemiological Survey of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
A demographically-based epidemiological clinical study on CRPS diagnosis and treatment.

Author: Albrecht PH, Hines S, Eisenberg E, et al
Title: Pathologic alterations of cutaneous innervation and vasculature in affected limbs from patients with complex regional pain syndrome
Source: Pain. 2006;120:244-266.

Author: Allen G, Galer BS, Schwartz L
Title: Epidemiology of complex regional pain syndrome: a retrospective chart review of 134 patients
Source: Pain. 1998;80:259-266.

Author: Bruehl S, Chung OY
Title: How common is complex regional pain syndrome Type I?
Source: Pain. 2007;129:1-2.

Author: Choi YS, Lee MG, Lee HM, et al
Title:A Hypothesis for the Cause of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome-Type I (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy): Pain Due to Deep-Tissue Microvascular Pathology
Source: J Korean Med Sci. 2008;23:772-775.

Author: Coderre TJ and Bennett GJ
Title: Epidemiology of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Retrospective Chart Review of 150 Korean Patients
Source: Pain Medicine 2010;11:1224–1238

Author: Cohen SP, Griffith S, Larkin TM, Villena F, Larkin R
Title: Presentation, Diagnoses, Mechanisms of Injury, and Treatment of Soldiers Injured in Operation Iraqi Freedom: An Epidemiological Study Conducted at Two Military Pain Management Centers
Source: Anesth Analg. 2005;101:1098-103.

Author: de Mos M, de Brijn AGJ, Huygen FJPM, Dieleman JP, Stricker BHC, Sturkenboom MCJM
Title: The incidence of complex regional pain syndrome: A population-based study
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Glia Activation and Neuropathic Pain

The Other Brain
The Leonard Lopate Show
Friday, January 22, 2010
Neuroscientist Douglas Field, explains how glia, which make up approximately 85 percent of the cells in the brain, work. In The Other Brain: From Dementia to Schizophrenia, How New Discoveries about the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine and Science, he explains recent discoveries in glia research and looks at what breakthroughs in brain science and medicine are likely to come.

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Author: Banati RB
Title: Visualising Microglial Activation In Vivo
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Title: New Culprits in Chronic Pain
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Author: Kapoor S
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)

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Title: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Chronic Pain Management
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Impairment/Disability
Author: Arnoff GM, Harden N, Stanton-Hicks M, et al
Title: American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians (AADEP) Position Paper: Complex Regional Pain syndrome I (RSD): Impairment and Disability Issues
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Title: Do you groan when you get a reflex sympathetic dystrophy case?
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Ketamine Treatment

Author: Bell RF, Moore RA
Title: Intravenous ketamine for CRPS: Making too much of too little?
Source: Pain. 2010; In press.

Author: Blonk MI, Koder BG, van den Bemt PMLA, Huygen FJPM
Title: Use of oral ketamine in chronic pain management: A review
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Author: Correll GE, Maleki J, Gracely EJ, Muir JJ, Harbut RE
Title: Subanesthetic Ketamine Infusion Therapy: A Retrospective Analysis of a Novel Therapeutic Approach to Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
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Author: Deakin JFW, Lees J, McKie S, Hallak JEC, Williams SR, Dursun SM
Title: Glutamate and the Neural Basis of the Subjective Effects of Ketamine
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Author: Everett A, Mclean B, Plunkett A, Buckenmaier C
Title: A Unique Presentation of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I Treated with a Continuous Sciatic Peripheral Nerve Block and Parenteral Ketamine Infusion: A Case Report
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Author: Finch PM, Knudsen L, Drummond PD
Title: Reduction of allodynia in patients with complex regional pain syndrome: A double-blind placebo-controlled trial of topical ketamine
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Title: Multi-Day Low Dose Ketamine Infusion for the Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
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Author: Harbut RE, Correll GE
Title: Successful Treatment of a Nine-Year Case of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) With Intravenous Ketamine-Infusion Therapy in a Warfarin-Anticoagulated Adult Female
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Author: Hocking G, Visser E, Shug S, Cousins M
Title: Ketamine: Does Life Begin at 40
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Author: Hocking G, Cousins MJ
Title: Ketamine in Chronic Pain Management: An Evidence-Based Review
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Author: Huge V, Lauchart M, Magerl W, et al
Title: Effects of low-dose intranasal (S)-ketamine in patients with neuropathic pain
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Author: Hurley D
Title: Two approaches to ketamine move forward for complex regional pain
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Title: Efficacy of Ketamine in Anesthetic Dosage for the Treatment of Refractory Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: An Open-Label Phase II Study
Source: Pain Med. 2008 Feb 5. E-pub ahead of print.

Author: Kiefer RT, Rohr P, Ploppa A, et al
Title: A Pilot Open-Label Study of the Efficacy of Subanesthetic Isometric S(+)-Ketamine in Refractory CRPS Patients
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Author: Kiefer R, Rohr P, Ploppa A, Altemeyer K, Schwartzman RJ
Title: Complete Recovery from Intractable Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS-Type I, Following Anesthetic Ketamine and Midazolam
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Author: Kirkpatrick AF, Lubenow T
Title: Regarding Bell and Moore, Intravenous ketamine for CRPS: Making too much of too little? Pain 2010;150:10–11 (Letter to the Editor)
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Title: The Use of Sub-Anesthetic Intravenous Ketamine and Adjuvant Dexmedetomidine when Treating Acute Pain from CRPS
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Title: Ketamine
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Title: Case Report: A Possible Case of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in the Orofacial Region
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Author: Schwartzman RJ, Alexander GM, Grothusen JR, Paylor T, Reichenberger E, Perreault M
Title: Outpatient intravenous ketamine for the treatment of complex regional pain
syndrome: A double-blind placebo controlled study
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Title: Ketamine Treatment for Intractable Pain in a Patient with Severe Refractory Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Case Report
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Author: Sigtermans MJ, van Hilten JJ, Bauer MCR, et al
Title: Ketamine produces effective and long-term pain relief in patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1
Source: Pain. 2009 (In press)

Author: Sunder RA, Toshniwal GR, Dureja GP
Title: Ketamine as an adjuvant in sympathetic blocks for management of Central sensitization following peripheral nerve injury
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Author: Webster LR, Walker MJ
Title: Safety and Efficacy of Prolonged Outpatient Ketamine Infusions for Neuropathic Pain
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Mirror Therapy and Graded Motor Imagery
Author: Cacchio A, De Blassis E, De Blasis V, Santilli V, Spacca G
Title: Mirror Therapy in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1 of the Upper Limb in Stroke Patients
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Author: Cacchio A, De Blassis E, Necozione S, di Orio F, Santilli V
Title: Mirror Therapy for Chronic Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1 and Stroke (Letter to the Editor)
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Author: Ezendam D, Bongers RM, Jannink MJA
Title: Systematic review of the effectiveness of mirror therapy in upper extremity
function
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Author: Gallagher K
Title: Mailbag: Mirror Therapy
Source: RSDSA Review. 2008;21(2):5.

Author: Hall J, Harrison S, Cohen H, et al
Title: Pain and other symptoms of CRPS can be increased by ambiguous visual stimuli – An exploratory study
Source: Eur J Pain. 2010;In press. Author Manuscript

Author: Lewis JS, Kersten P, McCabe CS, McPherson KM, Blake DR
Title: Body Perception Disturbance: A contribution to pain in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
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Author: Lewis JS, Kersten P, McPherson KM, et al
Title: Wherever is my arm? Impaired upper limb position accuracy in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
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Author: Lewis J, McCabe CS
Title: Body Perception Disturbance (BPD) in CRPS
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Author: McCabe CS, Haigh RC, Ring EFJ, Halligan PW, Wall PD, Blake DR
Title: A controlled pilot study of the utility of mirror visual feedback in the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (type 1)
Source: Rheumatology. 2003;42:97-101.

Author: Moseley GL
Title: Graded motor imagery is effective for long-standing complex regional pain syndrome: a randomised controlled trial
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Author: Moseley GL, Zalucki N, Birklein F, Marinus J, van Hilten JJ, Luomajoki H
Title: Thinking About Movement Hurts: The Effect of Motor Imagery on Pain and Swelling in People With Chronic Arm Pain
Source: Arthritis Rheum. 2008;59(5):623-631.

Author: Selles RW, Schreuders TAR, Stam HJ
Title: Mirror Therapy in Patients with Causalgia (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type II) Following Peripheral Nerve Injury: Two Cases
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Neuropathic Pain
Author: Dworkin RF, Backonja M, Rowbotham MC, et al
Title: Advances in Neuropathic Pain
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Author: Dworkin RH, O'Connor AB, Backonja M, et al
Title: Pharmacologic management of neuropathic pain: Evidence-based recommendations
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Title: Neuropathic pain following breast cancer surgery: proposed classification and research update
Source: Pain. 2003;104:1-13.

Author: Horowitz SH
Title: Venipuncture-induced neuropathic pain: the clinical syndrome, with comparisons to experrmental nerve injury models
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Author: Livengood JM
Title: Neuropathic Pain: A "Professional Patient's" Perspective
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Author: Serpell MG, Neuropathic Pain Study Group
Title: Gabapentin in neuropathic pain syndromes: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
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RSDSA-Funded Research
Final Progress Report: RSDSA and RSDhope Grant
(Related: RSDSA and American RSDHope Award Research Grant to the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles)

Author: Siegel SM, Lee JW, Oaklander AL
Title: Needlestick Distal Nerve Injury in Rats Models Symptoms of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Source: International Anesthesia Research Society. 2007;105:1820-1829.
Supported by Public Health Service grant NINDS R01NS42866, The Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Association of America, and the National Organization for Rare Disorders.

Rachel Tobias Young Investigator Award goes to Drs. Oaklander and Lee

More Research

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Research
Author: Ackerman WE, Zhang JM
Title: Efficacy of Stellate Ganglion Blockade for the Management of Type 1 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Source: South Med J. 2006;99:1084-1088.

Author: Birklein F, Schmelz M
Title: Neuropeptides, neurogenic inflammation and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
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Title: Autoimmunity in Complex-Regional Pain Syndrome
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Title: Complex regional pain syndrome 1 - the Swiss cohort study
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Author: Chelimsky G, Madan S, Alshekhlee A, Heller E, McNeeley K, Chelimsky T
Title: A Comparison of Dysautonomias Comorbid with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome and withMigraine
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Author: Ching DWT, McClintock A, Beswick F
Title: Successful Treatment With Low-Dose thalidomide in a Patient With Both Behcet's Disease and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I
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Title: Role of NFkB in an Animal Model of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome–type I (CRPS-I)
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Author: Devine KA, Kong SC, Neilly JBJ, Forrest EH
Title: An Unusual Presentation of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I
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Author: Eberle T, Doganci B, Kramer HH, et al
Title: Warm and cold complex regional pain syndromes: Differences beyond skin temperature?
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Author: Eisenberg E, Shtahl S, Geller R, et al
Title: Serum and salivary oxidative analysis in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
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Author: Geha PY, Baliki MN, Harden RN, Bauer WR, Parrish TB, Apkarian AV
Title: The Brain in Chronic CRPS Pain: Abnormal Gray-White Matter Interactions in Emotional and Autonomic Regions
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Author: Goebel A, Stock M, Deacon R, Sprotte G, Vincent A
Title: Intravenous Immunoglobulin Response and Evidence for Pathogenic Antibodies in a Case of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
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Author: Goldstein DS, Tack C, Li ST
Title: Sympathetic Innervation and Function in Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
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Author: Granberg V. Peakmkan M, Ejskjaer J, Sundkvist G
Title: Autoantibodies to Autonomic Nerves Associated With Cardiac and Peripheral Autonomic Neuropathy
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Author: Huge V, Lauchart M, Forderreuther S, et al
Title: Interaction of Hyperalgesia and Sensory Loss in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I (CRPS I)
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Author: Kohr D, Tschernatsch M, Schmitz K et al
Title: Autoantibodies in complex regional pain syndrome bind
to a differentiation-dependent neuronal surface autoantigen
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Author: Leong L, Ninnis J, Slatkin N, et al
Title: Evaluating the Impact of Pain Management (PM) Education
on Physician Practice Patterns—A Continuing Medical
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Author: Li WW, Tian-Zhi G, Liang D, et al
Title: The NALP1 inflammasome controls cytokine production and nociception in a rat fracture model of complex regional pain syndrome
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Author: Libon DJ, Schwartzman RJ, Eppig J, et al
Title: Neuropsychological deficits associated with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
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Author: Luo J, Ho P, Steinman L, Wyss-Coray T
Title: Bioluminescence in vivo imaging of autoimmune encephalomyelitis
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Author: Oaklander AL, Rissmiller JG, Gelman LB, Zheng L, Chang Y, Gott R
Title: Evidence of focal small-fiber axonal degeneration in complex regional pain syndrome-I (reflex sympathetic dystrophy)
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Author: Pankaj A, Kotwal PP, Mittal R, Deepak KK, Bal CS
Title: Diagnosis of post-traumatic complex regional pain syndrome of the hand: current role of sympathetic skin response and three-phase bone scintigraphy
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Author: Peek DFPM, van Zundert J
Title: Letters to the Editor: The Vitamin C Controversy
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Author: van Rijn MA, Marinus J, Putter H, Bosselaar SRJ, Moseley GL, van Hilten JJ
Title: Spreading of complex regional pain syndrome: not a random
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Author: Schasfoort FC, Bussmann JBJ, Krijnen HJ, Stam HJ
Title: Upper limb activity over time in compelx regional pain syndrome type 1 as objectively measured with an upper limb-activity monitor: An explorative multiple case study
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Author: Smith HS
Title: The Role of Genomic Oxidative-Reductive Balance as Predictor of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Development: A Novel Theory
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Author: Smith JA, Karalis DG. Rosso AL, Grothusen JR, Hessen SE, Schwartzman RJ
Title:Syncope in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
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Author: Tan ECT, Janssen AJM, Roestenberg P, van den Heuvel LP, Goris RJA, and Rodenburg RJT
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Author: Various
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Author: van der Laan L, Kapitein PJC, Oyen WJG, Verhofstad AAJ, Hendriks T, Goris RJA
Title: A Novel Animal Model to Evaluate Oxygen Derived Free Radical Damage in Soft Tissue
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Author: Walton KD, Dubois M, Llinas RR
Title: Abnormal thalamocortical activity in patients with Complex Regional Pain
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Title: Sensitivity and Specificity of 3-phase Bone Scintigraphy in the Diagnosis of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome of the Upper Extremity
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Spinal Cord Stimulation and Neuromodulation
Author: Bankhead C
Title: AAPM: Spine Stimulation Leads to Durable Pain Relief
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Author: Deer T
Title: Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Pain
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Author: Feler CA, Whitworth LA, Fernandez J
Title: Sacral neuromodulation for chronic pain conditions
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Author: Giller CA
Title: The Neurosurgical Treatment of Pain
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Author: Grabow TS, Tella PK, Raja SN
Title: Spinal Cord Stimulation for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: An Evidence-Based Medicine Review of the Literature
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Author: Hanks DT
Title: Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain: Observations from over 20 years' experience
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Author: Harke H, Gretenkort P, Ladleif HU, Rahman S
Title: Spinal cord stimulation in sympathetically maintained complex regional pain syndrome type I with severe disability. A prospective clinical study
Source: Eur J Pain. 2005;9(4):363-373.

Author: Kemler MS, Barendse GAM, van Kleef M, et al
Title: Spinal Cord Stimulation in Patients with Chronic Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
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Author: Kemler MA, de Vet HCW, Barendse GAM, van den Wildenberg FAJM, van Kleef M
Title: Effect of spinal cord stimulation for chronic complex regional pain syndrome Type I: five-year final follow-up of patients in a randomized trial
Source: J Neurosurg. 2008;108:292-298.

Author: Kemler MA, de Vet HCW, Barendse GAM, van den Wildenberg FAJM, van Kleef M
Title: The Effect of Spinal Cord Stimualtion in Patients with Chronic Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: Two Years' Follow-up of the Randomized Controlled Trial
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Author: Olsson GL, Meyerson BA, Linderoth B
Title: Spinal cord stimulation in adolescents with complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS-I)
Source: Euro J Pain. 2008;12:53-59.

Author: Prager JP
Title: Spinal Cord Stimulation Q & A
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Author: Rijkers K, van Aalst J, Kurt E, et al
Title: Effect of spinal cord stimulation in Type I complex regional pain syndrome with 2 rare severe cutaneous manifestations
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Author: Ruamwijitphong W
Title: Spinal cord stimulation for injured soldiers with complex regional pain syndrome
Source: The Nurse Practitioner. 2010;35(8):39-43.

Author: Stanton-Hicks M
Title: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Manifestations and the Role of Neurostimulation in Its Management
Source: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2006;31:S20-S24.

Author: Taylor RS, van Buyten J, Buchser E
Title: Spinal cord stimualtion for complex regional pain syndrome: A systematic review of the clinical and cost-effectiveness literature and assessment of prognostic factors
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Author: van Eijs, Smits H, Geurts JW, et al
Title: Brush-evoked allodynia predicts outcome of spinal cord stimulation in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type 1
Source: Eur J Pain. 2010;14:164-169.

Author: Velasco F, Carrillo-Ruiz JD, Castro G, et al
Title: Motor cortex electrical stimulation applied to patients with complex regional
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Title: Ten Consecutive Cases of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome of Less than 12 Months Duration in Active Duty United States Military Personnel Treated with Spinal Cord Stimulation
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Author: Wilner AN
Title: Timing of Spinal Cord Stimulation Use May Affect Efficacy
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Treatment
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Author: Sharma A, Williams, K, Raja SN
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Author: Wilder D
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