title: Psychological distress associated with algodystrophy.
abstract: We have carried out a prospective study of the level of psychological distress in patients with Colles' fractures. Those who developed algodystrophy did not show increased distress before the onset of the condition.
authors.affiliation: Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: F V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Gardner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003100:Colles' Fracture / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000523:psychology*; D012803:Sick Role