OBJECTIVE To investigate whether somatosensory impairments are more common in individuals with post-stroke shoulder pain than in those without post-stroke shoulder pain and healthy controls. DESIGN Descriptive analysis of a convenience sample. PARTICIPANTS Forty-nine individuals with stroke, 24 with and 25 without post-stroke shoulder pain (median age 65 years), and 11 age- and sex-matched ...

Central post-stroke pain (CPSP) is a neuropathic pain syndrome that can occur after a cerebrovascular accident. This syndrome is characterised by pain and sensory abnormalities in the body parts that correspond to the brain territory that has been injured by the cerebrovascular lesion. The presence of sensory loss and signs of hypersensitivity in the painful area in patients with CPSP might ind...

Central post-stroke pain (CPSP) was first described by Dejerine and Roussy as a consequence of stroke-related lesions in the thalamus [1]. CPSP can develops after both haemorrhagic and ischemic lesions occurring at any level of somato-sensory pathway of the brain, including medulla, thalamus, and cerebral cortex. CPSP is characterized by either spontaneous or evoked unpleasant sensory described...

Central post-stroke pain (CPSP) is a neuropathic-type of pain that affects about 1-8% of patients after stroke (Andersen et al., 1995; Bowsher 1993), and is characterized by pain and sensory dysfunction involving the area of the body that has been affected by the stroke (Leijon et al., 1998). Once present, CPSP rarely abates, causing a considerable long-term impact on patient’s quality of life ...

Policy Aetna considers motor cortex stimulation experimental and investigational for the treatment of the following indications (not an all-inclusive list) because its effectiveness has not been established: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Chronic refractory pain (e.g., central pain syndromes, peripheral neuropathic pain, phantom limb pain, and trigeminal neuropathic pain) Dysphagia Dystonia seco...

BACKGROUND Central poststroke pain (CPSP) is a disabling morbidity occurring in 8%-14% of patients with stroke. It is infrequently recognized and difficult to manage. OBJECTIVE We systematically reviewed the pathophysiology and treatment of CPSP. METHODS We conducted a Medline search using the key words "central post-stroke pain," "post-stroke pain," "CPSP and basic studies," "CPSP and clin...