Poststroke complex regional pain syndrome

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 151-162

  Chae, John ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute of Ohio MetroHealth System ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

complex regional pain syndrome; CRPS; hemiplegia; stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENDOTHELIN 1; GABAPENTIN; INFLIXIMAB; INTERLEUKIN 6; MEMANTINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NAPROXEN; NITRIC OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SUBSTANCE P; THALIDOMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANALGESIA; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; JOINT FUNCTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; COMPLICATION;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 77956255246     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1703-151     Document Type: Review

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