Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

Sympathetic dysfunction as a temporary phenomenon in acute posttraumatic CRPS I

“…Sympathetic malfunction was also found on the unaffected hand of CRPS I patients, which also improved during the course of the disease. Similar results were described in former studies [5,[15][16][17]22]. Bej et al applied a comparable test setting to 8 patients with CRPS I and found a different vasoconstrictor response on both af- Fig.…”

Sympathetic dysfunction as a temporary phenomenon in acute posttraumatic CRPS I

“…Sympathetic malfunction was also found on the unaffected hand of CRPS I patients, which also improved during the course of the disease. Similar results were described in former studies [5,[15][16][17]22]. Bej et al applied a comparable test setting to 8 patients with CRPS I and found a different vasoconstrictor response on both af- Fig.…”

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy: A sympathetically mediated pain syndrome or not?

“…Using laser Doppler flowmetry in another study, Schürmann [58], in 1999, demonstrated a complete absence of the normal microcirculatory sympathetic control in the CRPS-affected extremity. The observations corroborated earlier studies by Schwartzmann and McLellan [59] that there is a systemic-wide arrest of sympathetic vasomotion in patients with CRPS. Like Sieweke et al [57••], these observations strongly support a central neural foundation for CRPS.…”

Neurological findings in complex regional pain syndromes - analysis of 145 cases

“…Other possible mechanisms for limitation of ROM are spasms and dystonia, edema and trophic changes (e.g. Dupuytren's contractures), the latter especially in chronic stages (36). However, we found ROM more restricted in acute cases.…”

Sympathetic dysfunction as a temporary phenomenon in acute posttraumatic CRPS I

“…Sympathetic malfunction was also found on the unaffected hand of CRPS I patients, which also improved during the course of the disease. Similar results were described in former studies [5,[15][16][17]22]. Bej et al applied a comparable test setting to 8 patients with CRPS I and found a different vasoconstrictor response on both af- Fig.…”

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy: A sympathetically mediated pain syndrome or not?

“…Using laser Doppler flowmetry in another study, Schürmann [58], in 1999, demonstrated a complete absence of the normal microcirculatory sympathetic control in the CRPS-affected extremity. The observations corroborated earlier studies by Schwartzmann and McLellan [59] that there is a systemic-wide arrest of sympathetic vasomotion in patients with CRPS. Like Sieweke et al [57••], these observations strongly support a central neural foundation for CRPS.…”

Neurological findings in complex regional pain syndromes - analysis of 145 cases

“…Other possible mechanisms for limitation of ROM are spasms and dystonia, edema and trophic changes (e.g. Dupuytren's contractures), the latter especially in chronic stages (36). However, we found ROM more restricted in acute cases.…”

Sympathetic dysfunction as a temporary phenomenon in acute posttraumatic CRPS I

“…Sympathetic malfunction was also found on the unaffected hand of CRPS I patients, which also improved during the course of the disease. Similar results were described in former studies [5,[15][16][17]22]. Bej et al applied a comparable test setting to 8 patients with CRPS I and found a different vasoconstrictor response on both af- Fig.…”

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy: A sympathetically mediated pain syndrome or not?

“…Using laser Doppler flowmetry in another study, Schürmann [58], in 1999, demonstrated a complete absence of the normal microcirculatory sympathetic control in the CRPS-affected extremity. The observations corroborated earlier studies by Schwartzmann and McLellan [59] that there is a systemic-wide arrest of sympathetic vasomotion in patients with CRPS. Like Sieweke et al [57••], these observations strongly support a central neural foundation for CRPS.…”

Neurological findings in complex regional pain syndromes - analysis of 145 cases

“…Other possible mechanisms for limitation of ROM are spasms and dystonia, edema and trophic changes (e.g. Dupuytren's contractures), the latter especially in chronic stages (36). However, we found ROM more restricted in acute cases.…”