CRPS LEADERSHIP
- Co-Chair: Janne Gierthmuhlen
Germany
- Co-Chair: Janet Bultitude
UK - Past Chair: Andreas Goebel
UK - Co-Chair Elect: Heike L. Rittner
Germany - Co-Chair Elect: Daniel Ciampi De Andrade
Brazil - Secretary: Jee Youn Moon
South Korea - Treasurer: Peter Drummond
Australia - Chair of the Scientific Committee: Vivian Tawfik
USA - Communication/Engagement Officer: Tara Packham
Canada - Early Career Researcher Representative: Michael Ferraro
CRPS SOCIAL MEDIA
CRPS SIG Mission and Vision
The Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Special Interest Group aims to:
- Provide a forum for members to engage in free and frank communication on the diagnosis and management of complex regional pain syndrome with its variable clinical presentations.
- Bring attention to new developments in the fields of basic and clinical research on CRPS.
- Promote person-centred interdisciplinary research and care by integrating knowledge and expertise from basic science, medicine, psychology and rehabilitation science disciplines as well as lived experience (patient) reports about pain in complex regional pain syndrome.
CRPS Initiatives:
Attention Early Career Researchers
The CRPS SIG Officers are committed to promoting opportunities for Early Career Researchers. Therefore, we are pleased to announce that we have appointed an Early Career Researcher (ECR) to focus on the evaluation of treatments for CRPS.
In his role as the ECR representative, Michael is working towards creating new opportunities for ECR members to engage with the CRPS-SIG. He is currently calling for expressions of interest from ECRs to present their CRPS research in a free online symposium, scheduled for 2023.
If you are interested in presenting your work at the symposium or contributing to the ECR perspective of the SIG, please contact Michael at m.ferraro@neura.edu.au
If you would like to feature your work on the CRPS Twitter feed or if you have news you would like to share on the CRPS page, please reach out to Tara Packham for more details or DM our Twitter account.
CRPS Resources:
- IASP members can contact the CRPS SIG Communications Liaison, Amanda Stone, at crps.iasp@gmail.com. Members of the general public should contact IASP at iaspdesk@iasp-pain.org with inquiries about the SIG. The following resources are included to support individuals seeking further information on CRPS. IASP is not responsible for the content listed on these sites.
Research
- International Research Consortium for CRPS
- Core outcome measures for CRPS research studies (COMPACT)
Global Series
Complex regional pain syndrome: abstracts from the International Association for the Study of Pain complex regional pain syndrome SIG virtual symposia 2021
Lewis J, Kashif M, Maan A, Ciampi de Andrade D, Michellef C, Moon J, Lin C, Danielsson Lenai, Quek T, Díez Tafur R, Aloweidi A, Birklein F, Knudsen L, Goebel A PAIN Reports 8(1):p e1056, January 2023.Local Communities
- United Kingdom: CRPS UK Clinical Research Network
- United States: RSDSA
- Canada: RSD Canada: Promoting Awareness of RSD and CRPS in Canada
Related IASP Global Years
- 2022 Global Year for Translating Pain Knowlege into Practice
- 2018 Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education
- 2017 Global Year Against Pain After Surgery
- 2015 Global Year Against Neuropathic Pain
Articles
A PubMed search revealed a total of 253 publications on CRPS-related issues between January 2022 and Feb 2023. Here are some highlights:
- Complex regional pain syndrome what is the outcome? - a systematic review of the course and impact of CRPS at 12 months from symptom onset and beyond.
Johnson S, Cowell F, Gillespie S, Goebel A Eur J Pain 2022 Jul 26 - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Practical Diagnostic and Treatment Guidelines, 5th Edition
Harden RN, McCabe CS, Goebel A, Massey M, Suvar T, Grieve S, Bruehl S Pain Med 2022 Jun 10 - Delphi study to define core clinical outcomes for inclusion in a complex regional pain syndrome international research registry and data bank.
Llewellyn A, Buckle L, Grieve S, Birklein F, Brunner F, Goebel A, Harden RN, Bruehl S, Vaughan-Spickers N, Connett R, McCabe C Pain 2023 Mar 1 - The Effectiveness of Rehabilitation Interventions on Pain and Disability for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Shafiee E, MacDermid J, Packham T, Walton D, Grewal R, Farzad M Clin J Pain 2023 Feb 1 - Microvascular Barrier Protection by microRNA-183 via FoxO1 Repression: A Pathway Disturbed in Neuropathy and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Reinhold AK, Salvador E, Förster CY, Birklein F, Rittner HL J Pain 2022 Jun 23 - Substance P Serum Degradation in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - Another Piece of the Puzzle?
König S, Engl C, Bayer M, Escolano-Lozano F, Rittner H, Rebhorn C, Birklein F J Pain 2022 Mar 23 - Auditory disturbances in patients with complex regional pain syndrome
Drummond PD, Finch PM Pain 2022 Aug 24 - Stimulation of alpha-1 adrenoceptors may intensify cutaneous inflammation in complex regional pain syndrome
Wijaya LK, Morici MV, Stumbles PA, Finch PM, Drummond PD Pain 2022 Aug 19 - Sympathetic Blocks as a Predictor for Response to Ketamine Infusion in Patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Multicenter Study
Cohen SP, Khunsriraksakul C, Yoo Y, Parker E, Samen-Akinsiku CDK, Patel N, Cohen SJ, Yuan X, Cheng J, Moon JY Pain Med 2022 Oct 21 - Evidence- and consensus-based adaption of the IASP complex regional pain syndrome diagnostic criteria to the ICD-11 category of chronic primary pain: a successful cooperation of the IASP with the World Health Organization Korwisi, B, Barke, A; Treede, R. PAIN 162(9): p 2313-2314, September 2021.
IASP Accepted Criteria for CRPS
"Validation of proposed diagnostic criteria (the “Budapest Criteria”) for complex regional pain syndrome" Harden RN, Bruehl S, Perez RS, Birklein F, Marinus J, Maihofner C, Lubenow T, Buvanendran A, Mackey S, Graciosa J PAIN, 150(2), 268-274.