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Two Measures of Tactile Acuity in CRPS Type I Patients

Germany150 participantsStarted 2012-09

Plain-language summary

This study aims to investigate whether two different measures of tactile acuity lead to comparable results in patients diagnosed with CRPS Type I of the upper extremity. Additionally patients with a neuropathy of the median nerve and healthy controls are included.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 75 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients diagnosed with CRPS Type I according to the "Budapest Criteria" * Patients diagnosed with a neuropathy of the median nerve * Healthy Controls,matched in age and gender to both patient cohorts Exclusion Criteria: * intolerable hyperalgesia * lesions at the fingertips * high grade digit contracture * central neurologic disorders * psychiatric disorders

What they're measuring

tactile acuity as measured by 2-point-discrimination

Timeframe: unique measurement of maximal one hour duration

tactile acuity as measured by the Grating Orientation Task (GOT)

Timeframe: unique measurement of maximal half an hour duration

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01888783

SponsorRuhr University of Bochum

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2013-09

Contact for this trial

Christoph Maier, Prof. Dr.

+49 2343023402 Christoph.Maier@rub.de

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