Research Article

Prisms to Shift Pain Away: Pathophysiological and Therapeutic Exploration of CRPS with Prism Adaptation

Table 6

Results of the circle drawing task obtained in the patients group before and after adaptation and in the control group.

ControlsPreadaptation patientsPostadaptation patients
Left handRight handHealthy handAffected handHealthy handAffected hand
MeanSEMMeanSEMMeanSEMMeanSEMMeanSEMMeanSEM

No vision
 Perimeter462.615.0451.412.249043.7489.637.5543.919.4545.410.9
 Angle11.24.24.01.03.23.94.67.55.71.15.4
 H. drift4.19.62.43.816.34.94.418.03.4
 H. extent131.75.1127.44.4141.811.2136.57.5152.74.9149.45.9
 Surface159789061558274719271351618785289622676162422591905

Hand vision
 Perimeter454.412.7453.69.148946.8474.540.7538.624.8524.318.8
 Angle3.26.24.05.66.61.55.35.32.4
 H. drift1.74.611.33.11.54.19.32.42.33.411.64.4
 H. extent125.54.0125.65.0136.510.2132.28.7151.36.6147.64.6
 Surface1560376415621562187483480177362958221451943212341438

Full vision
 Perimeter398.219.2376.220.7471.625.0434.622.5516.823.8485.426.9
 Angle6.41.83.13.93.03.93.34.8
 H. drift2.73.22.33.51.34.33.32.53.0
 H. extent119.16.0108.16.2138.26.8128.86.2145.94.7132.47.4
 Surface121001058110021036170191729146131423202291841179092032

The main pre-post effect did not lead to significant results in any of the three conditions. Additionally, no pre-post contribution to interaction effects was obtained. Several hand and direction main effects were observed as in the previous analysis comparing patients to controls.