Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01675:reg:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01675
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6
Character Range: 1476–3386

6               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about complex regional pain syndrome and death from complex regional pain syndrome.
Meaning of complex regional pain syndrome
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, complex regional pain syndrome means a disorder of a body region or regions which meets the following criteria:
(a)          continuing pain, which is disproportionate to any inciting event; and
(b)          at least one symptom in two of the four following categories:
(i)            sensory: hyperalgesia or allodynia;
(ii)         vasomotor: temperature asymmetry or skin colour changes or skin colour asymmetry;
(iii)       sudomotor/oedema: oedema or sweating changes or sweating asymmetry; or
(iv)        motor/trophic: decreased range of motion or motor dysfunction (weakness, tremor, dystonia) or trophic changes (hair, nails, skin); and
(c)          at least one sign at the time of evaluation in two or more of the following categories:
(i)            sensory: evidence of hyperalgesia (to pinprick) or allodynia (to light touch and/or deep somatic pressure or joint movement);
(ii)         vasomotor: evidence of temperature asymmetry or skin colour changes or asymmetry;
(iii)       sudomotor/oedema: evidence of oedema or sweating changes or sweating asymmetry; or
(iv)        motor/trophic: evidence of decreased range of motion or motor dysfunction (weakness, tremor, dystonia) or trophic changes (hair, nails, skin).
Death from complex regional pain syndrome
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, complex regional pain syndrome, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's complex regional pain syndrome.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.