Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

1.  Gragnani, J., “A review of reflex sympathetic dystrophy and related syndromes.” Missouri Medicine, 1994; 91:11:680.

 

2.  Grundberg, A.B., Reagan, D.S., “Compression syndromes in reflex sympathetic dystrophy.” JHS, 1991; 16A: 731-736.

Very poor report. No substantiation that the huge group of patients mentioned had RSD as opposed to symptom magnification, compensation neurosis, etc. I suspect that the patients were over diagnosed and over treated.

3.  Ochoa, J.L., Verdugo, R.J., “Reflex sympathetic dystrophy.” Neurologic Clinics, 1995; 13:2:351.

Notes the rarity of reflex sympathetic dystrophy and the need to avoid making this diagnosis incorrectly.

4.  Stokes, H.M., “The seriously uninjured hand-weakness of grip.”

A classic. It suggests that serial grip results in a skewed bell curve whether or not the subject is injured. It also suggests that malingers will exhibit a flattened grip curve. However, false positives are not accounted for so it must be carefully interpreted.