Central Post-Stroke Pain - a Prospective Study
Central Post-Stroke Pain - a Prospective Study
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
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Recent cerebrovascular stroke

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Severe dementia, aphasia or psychosis

 -  Patients who cannot cooperate at time of inclusion

 -  Patients who do not understand Danish