
Causes of complex regional pain syndrome
CRPS is a group of symptoms which occurs very uncommonly after injury or surgery or prolonged joint immobilisation, especially in young people and in which there is an abnormal response to the injury where the vascular and nervous systems respond inappropriately to injury.
CLINICAL PUBLICATIONS
Autoinflammatory and autoimmune contributions to complex regional pain syndrome Clark JD, Tawfik VL, Tajerian M and Kingery WS. Mol Pain. 2018; 14: 1744806918799127.
Clinical features and pathophysiology of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome – current state of the art. Marinus J, Moseley L, Birklein F, Baron R, Maihöfner C, Kingery WS and van Hilten JJ. Lancet Neurol. 2011 Jul; 10(7): 637–648.
A Day-Hospital Approach to Treatment of Pediatric Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Initial Functional Outcomes. Logan DE, Carpino EA, Chiang G, Condon M, Firn E, Gaughan VJ, Hogan MPT, Leslie DS, Olson KPT, Sager S, Sethna N, Simons LE, Zurakowski D and Berde CB. Clin J Pain. 2012 Nov-Dec; 28(9): 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3182457619.