Epidemiology of complex regional pain syndrome: a retrospective chart review of 134 patients

Pain

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 539-544

  Allen, Ginger ^a   Galer, Bradley S ^a   Schwartz, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndrome; Epidemiology; Immobilization; Myofascial pain; Neuropathic pain; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; OPIATE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHRONIC PAIN; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LAW SUIT; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEUROPATHY; PAIN CLINIC; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE DISEASES; CRUSH SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NEURALGIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0032940236     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00246-2     Document Type: Article

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