title: Tactile localization training for pain, sensory disturbance, and distorted body image: a case study of complex regional pain syndrome.
abstract: This report presents a case of complex regional pain syndrome. The patient presented with severe pain, sensory disturbance, and distorted body image at the site of initial injury and other body sites. Tactile localization training (TLT) at only the site of initial injury decreased severe pain at the site of initial injury and the secondary affected sites, whereas TLT at secondary affected sites had no effect. These results highlighted the importance of assessing changes in patients' pain processes to determine the part of the body where TLT should be applied.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurorehabilitation, Graduate School of Health Sciences , Kio University , Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara , Japan.
authors.forename: Michihiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osumi
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishigami
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueta
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morioka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D020918:Complex Regional Pain Syndromes / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010147:Pain Measurement; D058748:Pain Perception; D053591:Referred Pain / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D055698:Touch Perception; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: body image; complex regional pain syndrome; tactile localization training