R. Norman Harden MD's research while affiliated with Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and other places

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This topical update reports recent progress in the international effort to develop a more accurate and valid diagnostic criteria for complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). The diagnostic entity of CRPS (published in the International Association for the Study of Pain’s Taxonomy monograph in 1994; International Association for the Study of Pain [IAS...

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... The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) age 18-60 years; (2) patients diagnosed with CRPS type 1 or 2 of the lower extremities based on the criteria of Harden et al. (Budapest criteria) 17 ; (3) patients who had undergone LSGB at the L3 level twice before LSGN, followed by ≥ 50% pain relief; (4) patients with pain duration of ≤ 2 years after a painful event; (5) a baseline pain intensity score of ≥ 6 on the visual analogue scale (VAS, 0 = no pain, 10 = worst pain imaginable) after conservative treatment; and (6) patients in whom the affected extremity had a lower temperature (≥ 1 °C) than the unaffected side. ...