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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: In a DARK corner.... not looking for a way out.
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Elder
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: In a DARK corner.... not looking for a way out.
Posts: 5,526
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Sharing info...
I just received this from the RSDSA (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association) and thought I would share it with all of you.
Abbie
Prevalence of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in a Cohort of Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Robert J. Schwartzman, MD, Chamindra Gurusinghe, MD, and Edward Gracely, MD Pain Physician. 2008;11:133-136.
CLICK ON LINK BELOW TO READ FULL REPORT:
http://www.rsds.org/2/library/article_archive/pop/Schwartzman_Gurusinghe_Gracely.pdf
Background: More than 50% of multiple sclerosis patients experience chronic pain syndrome. We set out to determine the specific type of chronic pain that was seen in our multiple sclerosis patients.
Methods: Patients with multiple sclerosis were catalogued between January 2002 and April 2006 and identified by a search of the database. Only MS patients that met the 2005 revised McDonald criteria were included.
Results: We determined the prevalence rate of complex regional
pain syndrome in a cohort of multiple sclerosis patients. In our sample of 205 multiple sclerosis patients, the prevalence of complex regional pain syndrome was 4 cases per 205 compared to an expected age and sex-adjusted total prevalence of 0.078 cases per 205 (p < 0.0001).
Conclusion: This study suggests that multiple sclerosis patients are at a higher risk of developing complex regional pain syndrome than the general population.
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Last edited by Abbie; 03-31-2008 at 05:40 PM.
Reason: fixing link
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