Forschende Komplementärmedizin = Research in complementary medicine
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Forsch Komplementmed · Apr 2009
Case Reports[Inpatient treatment for CRPS I by use of complementary medicine].
Complex regional pain syndromes (CRPS) are mainly characterized by a burning, intense spontaneous pain,mechanical allodynia of the affected limb, disorders of the skin,local hyperhidrosis, lymphedema as well as trophic disorders of the skin, bones and joints. The overall clinical appearance is dominated by a dysfunction of the sympathetic nervous system. One dominant etiological hypothesis is that major mechanisms for CRPS symptoms, which might be present during the course of CRPS, are trauma-related cytokine release, exaggerated neurogenic inflammation, sympathetically maintained pain, and cortical reorganization in response to chronic pain. ⋯ Therapeutic strategies derived from complementary medicine may be an effective approach to the complex treatment of CRPS. Their effects should be further investigated in controlled clinical trials.