Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography to Distinguish Muscle Changes in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1 from Those of Neuropathic Pain: An Observational Study

Pain Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages E1-E13

  Vas, Lakshmi ^a   Pai, Renuka ^a  

^a Ashirvad Institute for Pain Management and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndrome type I; Musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE EDEMA; MUSCULOSKELETAL PROCEDURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOM; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEURALGIA; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEURALGIA; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955192561     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/papr.12338     Document Type: Article

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