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ArticleScientific reports2021

Neuroanatomical correlates of poststroke complex regional pain syndrome: a voxel-based lesion symptom-mapping study.

Jae-Ik Lee, Soon-Woo Kwon, Ahry Lee, Woo-Suk Tae, Sung-Bom Pyun

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07428811 (Effects of Task-based Mirror Therapy on Edema, Pain and Upper Limb Motor Function for Post-stroke Shoulder-hand Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Effects of Task-based Mirror Therapy on Edema, Pain and Upper Limb Motor Function for Post-stroke Shoulder-hand Syndrome

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled34ConditionsStrokeArmsTask based mirror therapy, Conventional exercises
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5 authors.

Jae-Ik LeeDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Soon-Woo KwonDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Ahry LeeDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Woo-Suk TaeBrain Convergence Research Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Sung-Bom PyunDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. rmpyun@korea.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0002-1933-038X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a common poststroke complication. However, the neural substrates associated with CRPS remain unclear. We investigated the neural correlates associated with poststroke CRPS using voxel-based lesion‒symptom mapping (VLSM) analysis. Among 145 patients with ischemic stroke, 35 were diagnosed with CRPS and categorized into the poststroke CRPS group, and the remaining 110 into the control group. We compared the clinical characteristics between the groups. VLSM analysis was performed to identify the brain region associated with the development of poststroke CRPS. The clinical findings suggested that the poststroke CRPS group had lower muscle strength; lower scores on Fugl‒Meyer assessment, Manual Function Test, Mini-Mental Status Examination; and higher incidence of absent somatosensory evoked potentials in the median nerve than the control group. The head of the caudate nucleus, putamen, and white matter complexes in the corona radiata were significantly associated with poststroke CRPS development in ischemic stroke patients. These results facilitate an understanding of poststroke CRPS pathophysiology. Monitoring patients with lesions in these structures may aid the prevention and early treatment of poststroke CRPS.

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AgedBrainBrain MappingCaudate NucleusComplex Regional Pain SyndromesEvoked Potentials, SomatosensoryFemaleHumansMalePutamenRetrospective StudiesStrokeWhite Matter

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PMID34158602
PMCPMC8219671

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