Two Measures of Tactile Acuity in CRPS Type I Patients

Ruhr University of Bochum

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Healthy Controls; CRPS Type I of the Upper Extremity; Neuropathy of the Median Nerve

Treatments: Other: Tactile acuity measured by 2PD and the GOT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01888783

GOT_CRPS2013

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to investigate whether two different measures of tactile acuity lead to comparable results in patients diagnosed with CRPS Type I of the upper extremity. Additionally patients with a neuropathy of the median nerve and healthy controls are included.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients diagnosed with CRPS Type I according to the "Budapest Criteria"
• Patients diagnosed with a neuropathy of the median nerve
• Healthy Controls,matched in age and gender to both patient cohorts

Exclusion criteria

• intolerable hyperalgesia
• lesions at the fingertips
• high grade digit contracture
• central neurologic disorders
• psychiatric disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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150 participants in 3 patient groups

CRPS Type I

Experimental group

Description:

Patients diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome type I of the upper limb

Treatment:

Other: Tactile acuity measured by 2PD and the GOT

Median Nerve Neuropathy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients diagnosed with a neuropathy of the median nerve of the upper limb.

Treatment:

Other: Tactile acuity measured by 2PD and the GOT

Healthy Controls

Active Comparator group

Description:

Healthy adult persons.

Treatment:

Other: Tactile acuity measured by 2PD and the GOT