Complex regional pain syndrome - 1: History, diagnostic criteria and etiology

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 167-177

  Dommerholt, Jan ^a  

^a Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Causalgia; Complex regional pain syndrome; Myofascial pain syndrome; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BONE ATROPHY; CAUSALGIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE II; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MORBIDITY; NERVE LESION; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; OSTEOPENIA; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME;

EID: 3042706100     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-8592(03)00100-1     Document Type: Review

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