Spinal Cord Stimulation for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: An Evidence-Based Medicine Review of the Literature

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 371-383

  Grabow, Theodore S ^a   Tella, Prabhav K ^a   Raja, Srinivasa N ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS); Evidence based medicine (EBM); Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD); Spinal cord stimulation (SCS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; REVIEW LITERATURE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0242413306     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200311000-00005     Document Type: Review

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