ArticleThe journal of pain2011
Complex regional pain syndrome: what's in a name?
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Physiotherapy for pain and disability in adults with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) types I and II.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Physiotherapy for pain and disability in adults with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) types I and II.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Interplay of trauma-triggered auto-inflammation and T-cell auto-reactivity in posttraumatic dystrophy.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation Decreases the Motility and Length of Axonal Mitochondria in Cultured Dorsal Root Ganglion Cells of Rats.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2023Article
- Senso-Immunologic Prospects for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Treatment.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Review
- Drug-Nutraceutical Co-Crystal and Salts for Making New and Improved Bi-Functional Analgesics.Pharmaceutics · 2020Article
- The emergence of animal models of chronic pain and logistical and methodological issues concerning their use.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2020Review
- Complex regional pain syndrome: a narrative review for the practising clinician.British journal of anaesthesia · 2019Review
- Correcting "insertion-deletion mutations" in medical terminology.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2018Article
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- Potential risk factors for the onset of complex regional pain syndrome type 1: a systematic literature review.Anesthesiology research and practice · 2015Review
- Complex regional pain syndrome acceptance and the alternative denominations in the medical literature.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2013Article
- Algodystrophy: recent insight into the pathogenic framework.Clinical cases in mineral and bone metabolism : the official journal of the Italian Society of Osteoporosis, Mineral Metabolism, and Skeletal DiseasesReview
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Abstract
unlabelledWithin a 2-year period in the 1940s, 2 Boston physicians published dramatically opposing views on the underlying nature of a syndrome now known as complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). Evans suggested, in several papers in 1946-1947, that sympathetic reflexes maintain pain and dystrophy in affected limbs. Foisie, in 1947, suggested arterial vasospasms were key in the etiology of this pain syndrome. Evans' hypothesis established the nomenclature for this syndrome for 60 years, and his term, "reflex sympathetic dystrophy," guided clinical treatment and research activities over the same period. Foisie's proposed nomenclature was unrecognized, and had virtually no impact on the field. Recent evidence suggests that Evans' contribution to the field may have in fact led clinicians and researchers astray all those years. This focus article on CRPS compares recent observations with these 2 earlier theories and asks the question-what if we had adopted Foisie's nomenclature from the beginning? PERSPECTIVE: This article discusses 2 opposing historical views on the etiology of what is now known as CRPS, and how they affected nomenclature, research, and clinical therapy in subsequent decades. This focus article may help researchers and clinicians realize the importance of syndrome names, and how they may inadvertently misdirect research and treatment.
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