Central Post-Stroke Pain - a Prospective Study

Overview

Part 1: The purpose of the first part of the study is to investigate the prevalence of pain at stroke onset and 3 and 6 months after stroke in a consecutive cohort of stroke patients admitted to a stroke unit. Part 2: The purpose of the second part of the study is to identify patients who develop central post-stroke pain within the first 6 months following stroke and to try to identify early prognostic factors for the development of pain.

Part 1: * Within 3 days of admission: medical history, pain history, sensory examination * Telephone follow-up at 3 and 6 months post-stroke: pain history Part 2: * Medical history, Pain history, Sensory examination

Conditions

Eligibility