Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I (Formerly reflex sympathetic dystrophy)

Authors
Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

A syndrome that usually develops after an initiating noxious event, is not limited to the distribution of a single peripheral nerve, and is apparently disproportionate to the inciting event. It is associated at some point with evidence of edema, changes in skin blood flow, abnormal pseudomotor activity in the region of the pain, or allodynia or hyperalgesia. Specific criteria for the diagnosis of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) have been proposed.1

References

1.
Ballantyne J, Fishman S, Rathmell JP, eds. Bonica’s Management of Pain. 5th ed. Wolters Kluwer; 2019.

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For attribution, please cite this work as:
Yomogida N, Kerstein C. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I (Formerly reflex sympathetic dystrophy). https://yomokerst.com/The Archive/Pathologies/Pain Pathologies/Complex regional pain syndrome/CRPS_Type1.html