Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): Difference between revisions

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== Prevalence  ==
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CPRS affects approximately 26 out of every 100,000 people. It is more common in females than males, with a ratio of 3.5:1.<ref name="goebel" /> CRPS can affect people of all ages, including children as young as 3 years old and adults as old as 75 years old, but typically is most prevalent beginning in the mid-thirties. CRPS type I occurs after 5% of all traumatic injuries.<ref>Goodman C, Fuller K. Pathology: Implications for the Physical Therapist. Saint Louis: Saunders Elsevier, 2009.</ref> 91% of all CRPS cases occur after surgery.<ref name="turner">Turner-Stokes L, Goebel A. Complex regional pain syndrome in adults: concise guidance. Clinical Med 2011; 11(6):596-600.</ref>
CPRS affects approximately 26 out of every 100,000 people. It is more common in females than males, with a ratio of 3.5:1.<ref name="goebel" /> CRPS can affect people of all ages, including children as young as 3 years old and adults as old as 75 years old, but typically is most prevalent beginning in the mid-thirties. CRPS type I occurs after 5% of all traumatic injuries.<ref name="Patho Book" /> 91% of all CRPS cases occur after surgery.<ref name="turner">Turner-Stokes L, Goebel A. Complex regional pain syndrome in adults: concise guidance. Clinical Med 2011; 11(6):596-600.</ref>


== Characteristics/Clinical Presentation  ==
== Characteristics/Clinical Presentation  ==

Revision as of 20:53, 28 March 2012

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Definition/Description[edit | edit source]

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy, causalgia, Sudeck's atrophy, algoneurodystrophy, among other names. It is a disease causing severe pain, disproportional to the expected amount of pain from a stimulus.[1] It is typically confined in one limb, but may spread to other limbs or even to the entire body. A person with CRPS will experience sensory, motor, autonomic, and skin/bone changes.[2]
There are two types of CRPS. CRPS type I occurs after any type of trauma. CRPS type II may also occur after trauma, but has neuronal involvement. CRPS most commonly occurs after surgery (including arthroscopies), upper and lower motor neuron injuries, traumatic brain injury, cerebrovascular accident, central nervous system lesion, neuropathies, or nerve entrapments.[1]

Prevalence[edit | edit source]

CPRS affects approximately 26 out of every 100,000 people. It is more common in females than males, with a ratio of 3.5:1.[2] CRPS can affect people of all ages, including children as young as 3 years old and adults as old as 75 years old, but typically is most prevalent beginning in the mid-thirties. CRPS type I occurs after 5% of all traumatic injuries.[1] 91% of all CRPS cases occur after surgery.[3]

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Resources
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Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association

American Chronic Pain Association

Mayo Clinic

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Goodman C, Fuller K. Pathology: Implications for the Physical Therapist. Saint Louis: Saunders Elsevier, 2009.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Goebel A. Complex regional pain syndrome in adults. Rheumatology. 2011;50;288-6.
  3. Turner-Stokes L, Goebel A. Complex regional pain syndrome in adults: concise guidance. Clinical Med 2011; 11(6):596-600.
  4. CNN. CNN Report on Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaTlI6bfF64 [last accessed 3/28/12]