Physicians' assessments versus measured symptoms of complex regional pain syndrome type 1: Presence and severity

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 272-276

  Perez, Roberto S G M ^a   Burm, Peter E T ^b   Zuurmond, Wouter W A ^a   Bezemer, P Dick ^a   Brink, Harry E J ^a   De Lange, Jaap J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; Validity of physicians' judgments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18144394681     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200505000-00010     Document Type: Article

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