Occupational Medicine, CRPS
Workers Compensation - answer-considered a "no fault" system
-employers must provide compensation
-costs continue to increase
-claim frequency has declined
PT work considerations - answer-job and requirements
-work status
-mechanism of injury
-limitations at work
-work psychological and social aspects
-RTW requirements
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) - answer chronic neuropathic pain that
follows limb injury;
pain lasts longer and is more severe than expected for the original tissue damage
CRPS type I - answer without major nerve damage
-often a crash injury
-following immobilization, amputation or stroke
incidence of CRPS - answeraffects females 3x more than males
type i more common
affects upper limb more than lower limb
mean age 46-52 years
Pain descriptions CRPS - answerdescribed as burning or stinging
Motor features of CRPS - answerdecreased ROM
weakness
fatigue
tremor
muscle spasms
dystonia
CRPS type II - answerwithout major nerve damage
warm crps - answerwarm, dry, red, edemous
cold CRPS - answercold, blue, sweaty, less edemous
Workers Compensation - answer-considered a "no fault" system
-employers must provide compensation
-costs continue to increase
-claim frequency has declined
PT work considerations - answer-job and requirements
-work status
-mechanism of injury
-limitations at work
-work psychological and social aspects
-RTW requirements
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) - answer chronic neuropathic pain that
follows limb injury;
pain lasts longer and is more severe than expected for the original tissue damage
CRPS type I - answer without major nerve damage
-often a crash injury
-following immobilization, amputation or stroke
incidence of CRPS - answeraffects females 3x more than males
type i more common
affects upper limb more than lower limb
mean age 46-52 years
Pain descriptions CRPS - answerdescribed as burning or stinging
Motor features of CRPS - answerdecreased ROM
weakness
fatigue
tremor
muscle spasms
dystonia
CRPS type II - answerwithout major nerve damage
warm crps - answerwarm, dry, red, edemous
cold CRPS - answercold, blue, sweaty, less edemous
