The Clinical journal of pain
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The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate to what extent pain coping and kinesiophobia contribute to limitations in activity and participation in patients with complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS-1) of the lower limbs. ⋯ These findings indicate that making use of "resting" as a pain coping strategy contributes significantly to limitations in activity and participation in patients with CRPS-1 of the legs. Indications for a negative influence of kinesiophobia or a positive influence of an active pain coping style were not found.
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Case Reports
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) relieved itching in a patient with chronic neuropathic pain.
Itching is often called the second modality of nociception besides pain, and affects many chronic pain patients. ⋯ This case provides a rationale for future studies of neuromodulatory treatments for itch, and indicates a potential clinical use of neuromodulation in patients with unrelieved itching.