Background: Treatment of complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS-I) is subject to discussion. The purpose of this study was to develop multidisciplinary guidelines for treatment of CRPS-I. Method: A multidisciplinary task force graded literature evaluating treatment effects for CRPS-I according to their strength of evidence, published between 1980 to June 2005. BACKGROUND: Treatment of complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS-I) is subject to discussion. The purpose of this study was to develop multidisciplinary guidelines for treatment of CRPS-I. METHOD: A multidisciplinary task force graded literature evaluating treatment effects for CRPS-I according to their strength of evidence, published Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is a severe complication of extremity fracture or other injury. Patients who develop this show marked hyperalgesia and allodynia, altered vasomotor, sudomotor and trophic changes. The condition affects women more than men and is most common in those between the ages of 50 and 70 years but can be seen in younger 'Evidence-based Guidelines Development (EBGD) Guidelines on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I' (updated in 2014) give a negative recommendation on the use of sympathetic blocks, such as stellate ganglion blocks, thoracic sympathetic nerve blocks, and lumbar sympathetic nerve blocks, in the treatment of CRPS. 42 CRPS is a debilitating painful condition in a limb, associated with autonomic, sensory and motor abnormalities, as well as physical alterations to the skin and bone. CRPS usually arises after trauma (including surgery) to the limb, but the incidence of CRPS does not relate to the severity of the trauma. Evidence based guidelines for complex regional pain syndrome type 1 Background: Treatment of complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS-I) is subject to discussion. The purpose of this study was to develop multidisciplinary guidelines for treatment of CRPS-I. Method: A multidisciplinary task force graded literature evaluating treatment This guideline provides recommendations related to management of patients with complex regional pain syndrome/reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Members Only Content Join APTA to get unlimited access to content including evidence-based research, guidance on payment changes, and other resources to help you thrive. Learn more about membership benefits. Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a difficult and vexing condition that arises at least in part after some 30% of fractures, and may also occur after orthopedic surgery. Recent evidence suggests that inflammatory processes and a pattern of disuse may be more important than previously thought. the literature on crps type i does not really address these issues, but therapy guidelines indicate that psychological factors may be important when pain has lasted for 2 months or more. 5 this stipulative use of temporal factors to decide between physical (crps type i) and psychological (implicitly somatoform) causes of pain is effectively … Complex regional pain syndrome is a painful debilitating condition in a limb. It is associated with abnormalities in skin, bone, and the autonomic, sensory and motor nerves. 1, 2 In complex regional pain syndrome type I there is no evidence of nerve damage. This was formerly called r