Evaluation of Autonomic Cardiac Function in Patients With CRPS

Danish Pain Research Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00560131

Cardiac function in CRPS

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the autonomic cardiac function in patients with complex regional pain syndrome

Full description

Tilt table testing in patients with complex regional pain syndrome: Effects on heart rate variability and baroreceptor sensitivity.

Primary outcome parameter: Autonomic cardiac function

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age: 18 or older.
• Pain > 3 months.
• Diagnosed with CPRS acc. to diagnostic research criteria (Harder et al., 2005).
• Inclusion of healthy subjects: age-, gender-, and BMI-matched.

Exclusion criteria

• Other significant disease affecting the parameters measured, including cardiovascular disease.
• Treatment with anticholinergics, sympathomimetics and parasympathomimetics, and alpha- and beta-adrenergics.