Is successful rehabilitation of complex regional pain syndrome due to sustained attention to the affected limb? A randomised clinical trial

Pain

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 54-61

  Moseley, G Lorimer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Cortical reorganisation; Motor cortex; Physiotherapy; Pre motor cortex; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WRIST FRACTURE;

EID: 14044254647     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2004.11.024     Document Type: Article

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