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Is Phantom Limb Awareness Necessary for the Treatment of Phantom Limb Pain? [PDF]

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica
Phantom limb pain is attributed to abnormal sensorimotor cortical representations. Various feedback treatments have been applied to induce the reorganization of the sensorimotor cortical representations to reduce pain.
Huixiang YANG, Takufumi YANAGISAWA
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Epidemiology and risk factors for phantom limb pain [PDF]

Frontiers in Pain Research
Approximately 356 million limb amputations are performed globally every year. In 2005, the prevalence of limb loss in the United States was 1.6 million people; and it is estimated to increase to 3.6 million by 2050.
Shoji Ishigami, Shoji Ishigami, Carol Boctor   +2 more
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Robotic-Enhanced Prosthetic Liners for Vibration Therapy: Reducing Phantom Limb Pain in Transfemoral Amputees [PDF]

Sensors
Phantom limb pain, a common challenge for amputees, lacks effective treatment options. Vibration therapy is a promising non-pharmacologic intervention for reducing pain intensity, but its efficacy in alleviating phantom limb pain requires further ...
Kacey Roehrich, Mary Goldberg, Goeran Fiedler   +2 more
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Management of Phantom Limb Pain through Thalamotomy of the Centro-Median Nucleus [PDF]

Neurology International, 2021
Background: Phantom limb syndrome is defined as the perception of intense pain or other sensations that are secondary to a neural lesion in a limb that does not exist. It can be treated using pharmacological and surgical interventions.
Ramiro A. Pérez de la Torre, Job J. Rodríguez Hernández, Ali Al-Ramadan, Abeer Gharaibeh   +3 more
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Risk Factors Analysis of Phantom Limb Pain in Amputees with Malignant Tumors [PDF]

Journal of Pain Research, 2023
Xiulin Huo,1,2 Peiying Huang,1 Hexuan Di,3 Tianxiao Ma,3 Sufang Jiang,1 Jie Yao,4 Lining Huang1 1Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Anesthesiology,
Huo X, Huang P, Di H, Ma T, Jiang S, Yao J, Huang L   +6 more
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Intraoperative cryo nerve block during lower extremity amputation prevents the development of phantom limb pain [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Phantom limb pain is the experience of painful sensations in an amputated limb. It is highly prevalent with unclear etiology. There is no consensus regarding the ideal prevention and treatment of this condition.
Lizabeth A. O’Connor, DMSc, MPH, PA-C, Curtis C. Quinn, MD, FACS, Bryan Houseman, DO   +2 more
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Clinical Characteristics Associated with the PLP-PLS Index, a New Potential Metric to Phenotype Phantom Limb Pain [PDF]

Biomedicines
Background: Phantom limb pain (PLP) is highly prevalent after amputation. However, the influence of non-painful sensations (PLS) remains unclear. This study examines the PLP-PLS index as a novel tool to differentiate PLP from PLS and explores the ...
Jorge Ortega-Márquez, Justyna Garnier, Lucas Mena, Ana Victoria Palagi Vigano, Eleonora Boschetti Grützmacher, Gabriel Vallejos-Penaloza, Valton Costa, Daniela Martinez-Magallanes, Antonio Vaz de Macedo, Waynice Neiva de Paula-Garcia, Denise Saretta Schwartz, Felipe Fregni, Kevin Pacheco-Barrios   +12 more
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Examining patient reported outcome measures for phantom limb pain: measurement use in a sample of Veterans with amputation. [PDF]

Disabil Rehabil
Rich T, Phelan H, Gravely A, Falbo K, Krebs E, Finn J, Matsumoto M, Muschler K, Kiecker J, Hansen A.   +9 more
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Case Report: Virtual reality training for phantom limb pain after amputation. [PDF]

Front Hum Neurosci, 2023
Yoshimura M, Kurumadani H, Hirata J, Senoo K, Hanayama K, Sunagawa T, Uchida K, Gofuku A, Sato K.   +8 more
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Innovative exploration of phantom limb pain treatment based on extended reality technology. [PDF]

World J Orthop
Gan D, Wang SY, Liu K, Zhang SY, Huang H, Xing JH, Qin CH, Wang KY, Wang T.   +8 more
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