Tactile stimulation programs in patients with hand dysesthesia after a peripheral nerve injury: A systematic review.

Study Design: This is a systematic review performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses standards.

Introduction: Diverse approaches based on tactile stimulation are used in hand rehabilitation settings to treat touch-evoked dysesthesias. However, there is a lack of literature synthesis on the description and the effectiveness of the various approaches based on tactile stimulation that can be used for treating hand dysesthesia after nerve injury.

Evaluating a sensitive issue: reliability of a clinical evaluation for allodynia severity.

Allodynia is a common feature of neuropathic pain with few validated clinical evaluation options. We identified a need to estimate the measurement properties of the standardised evaluation procedure for static mechanical allodynia severity popularised by the somatosensory rehabilitation of pain method, known as the rainbow pain scale. This study (www.

Management of long-term complex regional pain syndrome with allodynia: A case report.

Study Design: Case report.

Introduction: Conventional rehabilitation alone may not be effective in reducing symptoms in some patients with complex regional pain syndrome.

Purpose Of The Study: This case report portrays the benefits of a new tailored rehabilitation program for a 39-year-old patient suffering from upper limb complex regional pain syndrome with severe touch-evoked pain (static mechanical allodynia).