Phantom Limb - Rehabilitation
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The effect of tactile discrimination training is enhanced when patients watch the reflected image of their unaffected limb during training.

4 Jun 2009 In patients with phantom limb pain or complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), sensory discrimination training increases tactile acuity, normalises cortical reorganisation and decreases pain. In healthy people, sensory cortical response, and tactile ... Read more...

Effectiveness of phantom exercises for phantom limb pain: a pilot study.

30 May 2009 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of phantom limb exercises on phantom limb pain. METHODS: A total of 20 traumatic amputees participated in the study. Ten received phantom exercises and prosthetic training, and 10 were treated with routine ... Read more...

Training with virtual visual feedback to alleviate phantom limb pain.

24 Jan 2009 BACKGROUND: Performing phantom movements with visual virtual feedback, or mirror therapy, is a promising treatment avenue to alleviate phantom limb pain. However the effectiveness of this approach appears to vary from one patient to another. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Phantom Limb - Rehabilitation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The effect of tactile discrimination training is enhanced when patients watch the reflected image of their unaffected limb during training. 4 Jun 2009
• Effectiveness of phantom exercises for phantom limb pain: a pilot study. 30 May 2009
• Clinical inquiries. What is the best way to manage phantom limb pain? 27 Feb 2009
• Training with virtual visual feedback to alleviate phantom limb pain. 24 Jan 2009
• [Mirror therapy for phantom limb pain--a systematic review] 30 Dec 2008
• Influencing factors of outcome after lower-limb amputation: a five-year review in a plastic surgical department. 30 Aug 2008
• Stability of phantom limb phenomena after upper limb amputation: a longitudinal study. Aug 2008
• Is mirror therapy all it is cracked up to be? Current evidence and future directions. 12 Jul 2008
• Nursing aspects of phantom limb pain following amputation. 30 Mar 2008
• Managing the upper extremity amputee: a protocol for success. 30 Mar 2008
• Preoperative DTI and probabilistic tractography in an amputee with deep brain stimulation for lower limb stump pain. 29 Sep 2007
• Stroke, complex regional pain syndrome and phantom limb pain: can commonalities direct future management? 27 Feb 2007
• Issues in amputation. 30 Jan 2007
• Management of phantom pain with a textile, electromagnetically-acting stump liner: a randomized, double-blind, crossover study. 29 Sep 2006
• Immersive virtual reality as a rehabilitative technology for phantom limb experience: a protocol. 30 Mar 2006
• Self-reported treatments used for lower-limb phantom pain: descriptive findings. 30 Jan 2006
• Plasticity and functional recovery in neurology. 29 Jun 2005
• [Postamputation phantom limb pain -- comes the solution into view?] 30 Jan 2005
• [Sudeck hyperalgesia and phantom pain. Extreme pain can be conquered with exercise] 6 Jul 2004
• Diversity in adjustment to a leg amputation: case illustrations of common themes. 29 Jun 2004

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Technical information about 'Phantom Limb'

Definition: Perception of painful and nonpainful phantom sensations that occur following the complete or partial loss of a limb. The majority of individuals with an amputated extremity will experience the impression that the limb is still present, and in many cases, painful. (From Neurol Clin 1998 Nov;16(4):919-36; Brain 1998 Sep;121(Pt 9):1603-30)

Descriptor UI: D010591

Alternative terms: Phantom Limb; Limb, Phantom; Limbs, Phantom; Phantom Limbs; Pseudomelia; Pseudomelias;

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Tree Number: C10.597.606.762.700; C23.888.592.604.764.700; F01.700.750.700;