Caracterización del perfil cognitivo y funcional motor en pacientes con síndrome doloroso regional complejo y dolor neuropático: serie de casos

Pain is an unpleasant sensoryan demotional experience associated witht issue damage, actual or potential. Two causes of neuropathic pain in clude Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS and neuropathic pain- DNP. Pain affects cognitive function and motor functioning. Describing the functional and cognitive profile in patients with CRPS engine and DNP is the objective of this study. Descriptive study in six patients, three of them suffer from CRPS and the other three cope with DNP. Neuropsychological assessment and performance profileby International Classification of Functioning. Discussion: The SDRC and DNP have a structura land physiological deficitin central and peripheral pain networks, limitation infunctions of involved limbs, restrictions in the activities, and participation of different levels. As a chronic disease, pain affects cognitive and emotional function of the sufferer, due to different brain structures are affected because its presence.