Clinical criteria and treatment of segmental versus upper extremity reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 314-321

  Soucacos, P N ^a   Diznitsas, L A ^a   Beris, A E ^a   Malizos, K N ^a   Xenakis, T A ^a   Papadopoulos, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Causalgia; Clinical criteria of segmental vs upper extremity RSD; RSD; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID; GUANETHIDINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGODYSTROPHY; ARM EXERCISE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAUSALGIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURIES; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGNOSIS; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031670369     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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