Psychological Intervention and Physiotherapy With Medication Improves CRPS Patients Outcome

Summary

A ten week open label study intervention to evaluate the outcome for a psychological intervention combined with physiotherapy and medication with memantine-morphine in 10 CRPS patients.

Timeline

Start

2011-03

Primary completion

2014-05

Completion

2014-06

Publications

• Background Bean DJ, Johnson MH, Kydd RR. The outcome of complex regional pain syndrome type 1: a systematic review. J Pain. 2014 Jul;15(7):677-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2014.01.500. Epub 2014 Feb 12.
• Background Gustin SM, Schwarz A, Birbaumer N, Sines N, Schmidt AC, Veit R, Larbig W, Flor H, Lotze M. NMDA-receptor antagonist and morphine decrease CRPS-pain and cerebral pain representation. Pain. 2010 Oct;151(1):69-76. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.06.022. Epub 2010 Jul 13.
• Elomaa M, Hotta J, de C Williams AC, Forss N, Ayrapaa A, Kalso E, Harno H. Symptom reduction and improved function in chronic CRPS type 1 after 12-week integrated, interdisciplinary therapy. Scand J Pain. 2019 Apr 24;19(2):257-270. doi: 10.1515/sjpain-2018-0098.

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