Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, a Long-term Follow-up (TORNADO)

Uppsala University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Complex Regional Pain Syndromes; Chronic Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Multimodal rehabilitation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04597866

2020-03383

Details and patient eligibility

About

Complex regional pain syndrome, CRPS, is an uncommon but often very disabling chronic pain syndrome characterized by, beside pain: sensory disturbances, peripheral autonomic changes and inflammatory features. The diagnosis is subdivided in CRPS type 1 where no nerve injury has been identified, and CRPS type 2 when a major nerve injury has been verified.

A combination of exposure in vivo, a form of behaviour therapy where the patient is gradually confronted with avoided movements and activities, and interventions directly targeting a hypothesized cortical reorganisation is an interesting novel approach for treating CRPS.

The present study consists of (1) a qualitative interview study with 10-15 subjects that has received this form of treatment, in order to better understand their experience and effects of the treatment, and (2) a case series with long-term follow-up of 3-5 subjects that received the treatment för 5-8 years ago, in order to study the long term effects of the treatment.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Has participated in multimodal treatment for CRPS at Uppsala University Hospital

Exclusion criteria

• Other serious physical or mental condition

Trial design

10 participants in 1 patient group

CRPS

Treatment:

Behavioral: Multimodal rehabilitation