Management of Central Poststroke Pain: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Clinical Trials Wednesday, October 5th, 2016Stroke, 1 October 2015
Background and Purpose—Central poststroke pain is a chronic neuropathic disorder that follows a stroke. Current research on its management is limited, and no review has evaluated all therapies for central poststroke pain. …
Conclusions—Our findings are inconsistent with major clinical practice guidelines; the available evidence suggests no beneficial effects of any therapies that researchers have evaluated in randomized controlled trials. Read more.