Plasticity of the central nervous system in CRPS and RSI
- Conditions
- CANSCRPSCTDRSIWRUED1002830210029317
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 90
For selection of CRPS-1 subjects we will use the Modified research diagnostic criteria for CPRS-1 (Bruehl, 1999). For selection of chronic RSI subjects we will use exclusion criteria specified in the Satsa report (Sluiter, 2001). These criteria are described in Appendix 1 of the protocol. Further inclusion criteria are:
• Minimal duration of complaints of 1 year
• Complaints are unilateral and restricted to the upper extremity (including shoulder)
• Most recent complaints not longer then two weeks ago
• McGill questionnaire score over 25
• No contra indication for performing an fmri-scan (see checklist appendix 4)
CPRS: Other musculoskeletal of neurological disorders
RSI: only subjects with a-specific RSI will be selected, to this end we will exclude all subjects with specific forms of RSI according to criteria of Sluiter (Saltsa report, 2001)
general: The subject does not agree to be informed about unexpected findings
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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