Sensorimotor retuning [corrected] in complex regional pain syndrome parallels pain reduction.

B, Pleger; M, Tegenthoff; P, Ragert; AF, Förster; HR, Dinse; P, Schwenkreis; V, Nicolas; C, Maier

doi:10.1002/ana.20394

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Sensorimotor retuning [corrected] in complex regional pain syndrome parallels pain reduction.

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Pleger B

Tegenthoff M

Ragert P

Abstract

Patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and intractable pain showed a shrinkage of cortical maps on primary (SI) and secondary somatosensory cortex (SII) contralateral to the affected limb. This was paralleled by an impairment of the two-point discrimination thresholds. Behavioral treatm...

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