NCT05696587

Physical and Psychological Changes in CRPS Patients Undergoing Multimodal Rehabilitation

Physical and Psychological Changes in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Patients Undergoing Multimodal Rehabilitation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Poland · Network
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about cognitive changes during rehabilitation in CRPS patients. The main questions it aims to answer are: * What are the cognitive changes in CRPS? * Do cognitive functions change during multimodal rehabilitation in CRPS? * What is the effect of multimodal rehabilitation on pain, functioning, mood, active range of motion, cognitive functions. Participants will undergo a 4-week program of multimodal rehabilitation of physical therapy, education and Graded Motor Imagery. Assessment will be made at baseline and after 4 weeks. Researchers will compare the interventional arm with healthy control to see if the observed psychological results are exclusive to CRPS group. There is no expanded access scheduled for this study.

Conditions

• Complex Regional Pain Syndromes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Multimodal rehabilitation	The multimodal rehabilitation program included comprehensive therapy 5 times a week during the 4 weeks between assessments. The therapy consists of: * Individual physical therapy focused on improving range of motion and alleviating pain in the affected limb; * Mechanical desensitization; * Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) electrotherapy; * Aquatherapy (arm or leg whirlpool bath of the affected extremity); * Graded Motor Imagery, including the Recognise™ app and mirror therapy; * Psychoeducation on relaxation and coping with chronic pain.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-10-10
• Primary completion: 2023-01-20
• Completion: 2023-02-01
• First posted: 2023-01-25
• Last updated: 2023-11-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Poland