Pain is a frequent problem following recent traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). Of specific
concern in the rehabilitation setting is function-limiting hand pain which prevents optimal …

Sixty consecutive patients admitted to the spinal cord injury unit at a Downey, California
medical center were evaluated for hand and upper extremity pain. Patients averaged nine …

One-hundred consecutive patients were prospectively evaluated on admission to our Brain
Injury Unit for signs and symptoms of reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) in the upper …

SUMMARY RSD is a symptom complex, representing an exaggerated response to injury or
tissue damage. The amplification of the normal responses probably occurs both in the …

The reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSDS) is an excessive or exaggerated
response of an extremity to injury, manifested by burning pain, vasomotor disturbances …

Two cases of reflex sympathetic dystrophy in the upper extremity of patients with traumatic
cervical spinal cord injuries are reported. Both patients had very incomplete lesions with …

Abstract Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSDS) is a chronic pain syndrome that is
most often precipitated by minor trauma. Hence, most of these patients will seek help from a …

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) has been reported in incomplete spinal cord injury
patients, most often occurring unilaterally; however to our knowledge, bilateral RSD has not …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses reflex sumpathetic dystrophy (RSD)
complicating trauma or injury to the limbs. RSD and causalgia are generic terms that are …

Patients suffering from a spinal cord injury often present with a pain syndrome. Although the
reflex sympathetic syndrome is a common diagnosis in some forms of neurological disease …