Children and adolescents with complex regional pain syndrome: More psychologically distressed than other children in pain?

CONCLUSIONS: <⁄span> As a group, clinic-referred children with CRPS may be more functionally impaired and experience more somatic symptoms compared with children with other pain conditions. However, overall psychological functioning as assessed by self-report appears to be similar to that of children with other chronic pain diagnoses. Comprehensive assessment using a biopsychosocial framework is essential to understanding and appropriately treating children with symptoms of CRPS.
PMID: 23662291 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Pain Research and Management - March 1, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Logan DE, Williams SE, Carullo VP, Claar RL, Bruehl S, Berde CB Tags: Pain Res Manag Source Type: research