Heat-Sensing camera could gauge CRPS pain severity
NCT ID NCT05852210
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a special infrared (FLIR) camera can help measure pain and disease severity in people newly diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). Thirty adults with CRPS in one limb had a thermal picture taken of their foot and answered pain questionnaires. The goal was to see if temperature differences between the affected and healthy limb match the patient's reported pain and severity scores.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Finished
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Mar 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Who is studied
Patients being treated at the Hospital for Special Surgery for CRPS in a unilateral limb.
- Ages
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18 to 85 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * The patient is between 18 and 85 years old * Providing CRPS diagnostic criteria using the Budapest Clinical Diagnostic Criteria. * The patients affected with CRPS in a unilateral limb * The patient has had pain and other symptoms for more than 3 months Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with suspected disc herniation, spinal stenosis, myelopathy, and suspected radiculopathy in detailed examinations and examinations (MRI, CT). * Systemic or local infection * Malignancy * Pregnancy * Uncontrollable medical and psychiatric condition * The patients diagnosed with dysautonomia, sympathetic dysfunction(such as Raynaud disease or Buerger disease), and patients on vasoactive drugs, the mechanism of action is directly on the vasculartone.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York, 10021, United States
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