Complex regional pain syndrome: Epidemiologic features, treatment approaches, workday loss and return to work/disability ratios

Turkish Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Kiralp, Mehmet Zeki ^a   Dinçer, Ümit ^a   Çakar, Engin ^a   Dursun, Hasan ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndrome; Disability; Epidemiology; Treatment; Workday loss

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CALCITONIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DEFLAZACORT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; TETRACOSACTIDE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DISEASE DURATION; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; WORK DISABILITY; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKING TIME;

EID: 67549146638     PISSN: 13090291     EISSN: 13090283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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