Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is a chronic condition that causes intense burning or aching pain, swelling and hypersensitivity in usually the arm or leg. The diagnosis is based on the patient presenting with a set of symptoms rather than a physiological sign. The pain usually gets gradually worse and may spread to other parts of the body.
Because the patient experiences pain during movement of the limb the patient stops to use the limb. This causes atrophy, progressive weakness and degeneration of the limb. Therefore the underlying principles of treatment are mobilization of the limb.
Case studies using the HandTutor on patients suffering from CRPS have shown that the patient moves his fingers and wrist during the exercise task presented by the dedicated rehabilitation software. It is thought that the "rehabilitation" games distract the patient from the pain allowing mobilization of the affected limb and preventing disuse atrophy and aiding functional rehabilitation.
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