CRPS LEADERSHIP
- Co-Chair: Janne Gierthmuhlen
Germany
- Co-Chair: Janet Bultitude
UK - Past Chair: Andreas Goebel
UK - Co-Chair Elect: Heike L. Rittner
Germany - Co-Chair Elect: Daniel Ciampi De Andrade
Brazil - Secretary: Jee Youn Moon
South Korea - Treasurer: Peter Drummond
Australia - Chair of the Scientific Committee: Vivian Tawfik
USA - Communication/Engagement Officer: Tara Packham
Canada - Early Career Researcher Representative: Michael Ferraro
CRPS SOCIAL MEDIA
CRPS SIG Mission and Vision
The Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Special Interest Group aims to:
- Provide a forum for members to engage in free and frank communication on the diagnosis and management of complex regional pain syndrome with its variable clinical presentations.
- Bring attention to new developments in the fields of basic and clinical research on CRPS.
- Promote person-centred interdisciplinary research and care by integrating knowledge and expertise from basic science, medicine, psychology and rehabilitation science disciplines as well as lived experience (patient) reports about pain in complex regional pain syndrome.
CRPS Initiatives:
IASP CRPS SIG Workshop at the EFIC 2025 Congress
On 23 April 2025, the 喵咪社区 (IASP) Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Special Interest Group (SIG) hosted 鈥淣eurocognitive Factors in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome鈥� workshop Lyon, France. The meeting took place the day before the opening of the 2025 European Pain Federation (EFIC) Congress, providing an excellent pre-congress opportunity for focused scientific exchange. The half-day workshop brought together 40 in-person participants from diverse disciplines and countries.
Attention Early Career Researchers听听
The CRPS SIG Officers are committed to promoting opportunities for Early Career Researchers. Therefore, we are pleased to announce that we have appointed an Early Career Researcher (ECR) to focus on the evaluation of treatments for CRPS.听听听
In his role as the ECR representative, Michael is working towards creating new opportunities for ECR members to engage with the CRPS-SIG. He is currently calling for expressions of interest from ECRs to present their CRPS research in a free online symposium, scheduled for 2023.听
If you are interested in presenting your work at the symposium or contributing to the ECR perspective of the SIG, please contact Michael at听m.ferraro@neura.edu.au听
If you would like to feature your work on the CRPS Twitter feed听or if you听have听news you would like to share on the CRPS page, please听reach out to听Tara Packham听for more details or DM our Twitter account.
CRPS Resources:
- IASP members can contact the CRPS SIG Communications Liaison, Amanda Stone, at听crps.iasp@gmail.com. Members of the general public should contact IASP at听iaspdesk@iasp-pain.org听with inquiries about the SIG. The following resources are included to support individuals seeking further information on CRPS. IASP is not responsible for the content listed on these sites.
Research
Global Series
Lewis J, Kashif M, Maan A, Ciampi de Andrade D, Michellef C, Moon J, Lin C, Danielsson Lenai, Quek T, D铆ez Tafur R, Aloweidi A, Birklein F, Knudsen L, Goebel A PAIN Reports 8(1):p e1056, January 2023.Local Communities
Related IASP Global Years
- 2022 Global Year for Translating Pain Knowlege into Practice
- 2018 Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education
- 2017 Global Year Against Pain After Surgery
- 2015 Global Year Against Neuropathic Pain
Articles
A PubMed search revealed a total of 253 publications on CRPS-related issues between January 2022 and Feb 2023. Here are some highlights:
Johnson S, Cowell F, Gillespie S, Goebel A Eur J Pain 2022 Jul 26
Harden RN, McCabe CS, Goebel A, Massey M, Suvar T, Grieve S, Bruehl S Pain Med 2022 Jun 10
Llewellyn A, Buckle L, Grieve S, Birklein F, Brunner F, Goebel A, Harden RN, Bruehl S, Vaughan-Spickers N, Connett R, McCabe C Pain 2023 Mar 1
Shafiee E, MacDermid J, Packham T, Walton D, Grewal R, Farzad M Clin J Pain 2023 Feb 1
Reinhold AK, Salvador E, F枚rster CY, Birklein F, Rittner HL J Pain 2022 Jun 23
K枚nig S, Engl C, Bayer M, Escolano-Lozano F, Rittner H, Rebhorn C, Birklein F J Pain 2022 Mar 23
Drummond PD, Finch PM Pain 2022 Aug 24
Wijaya LK, Morici MV, Stumbles PA, Finch PM, Drummond PD Pain 2022 Aug 19
Cohen SP, Khunsriraksakul C, Yoo Y, Parker E, Samen-Akinsiku CDK, Patel N, Cohen SJ, Yuan X, Cheng J, Moon JY Pain Med 2022 Oct 21- 听Korwisi, B, Barke, A; Treede, R. PAIN 162(9): p 2313-2314, September 2021.
IASP Accepted Criteria for CRPS
"听Harden RN, Bruehl S, Perez RS, Birklein F, Marinus J, Maihofner C, Lubenow T, Buvanendran A, Mackey S, Graciosa J PAIN, 150(2), 268-274.