title: Algodystrophy and related psychological features.
abstract: This work wants to emphatize the role of the personality in the development of the algodystrophic syndrome. For this purpose 13 patients affected by algodystrophy of the hand and 23 with brachial plexus lesions were invited to fill in the M.M.P.I.; the patients suffering from algodystrophy reached higher scores on the Depression, Hysteria and Hypocondria scales.
authors.affiliation: Pain Relief Unit Hospital, Legnano, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zucchini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alberti
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Moretti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D006998:Hypochondriasis / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*