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Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2022 Following lower limb amputation, amputees are trained to walk with a prosthesis. The loss of a lower limb deprives them of essential somatosensory information, which is one of the causes of the difficulties of walking with a prosthesis.
Lisa Bachini +7 more
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Effect of Limb Massage and Exercises on Phantom Limb Pain among Amputee Patients [PDF]
Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal, 2016 Phantom limb pain is experienced when the brain sends pain signals to limbs that arenot there. Ongoing military conflicts, motor vehicle crashes and machinery accidents cancause traumatic injuries requiring amputation.
Nassim Saker
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PHANTOM LIMBS AND THE BODY SCHEMA [PDF]
Survey of Anesthesiology, 1974 En 1911, Head et Holmes suggeraient l’existence, au niveau de la preconscience, d’une image corporelle ou “schema” jouant le role d’un modele postural avec lequel tous les changements d’attitude etaient mesures avant de penetrer jusqu’a la conscience.
P R, Bromage, R, Melzack
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A Survey of Frozen Phantom Limb Experiences: Are Experiences Compatible With Current Theories
Frontiers in Neurology, 2018 There are over two million individuals living with amputations in the United States. Almost all will experience the feeling of the amputated limb as still present, termed phantom limb sensation (PLS).
Kassondra L. Collins +5 more
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Use of Calcitonin in Recalcitrant Phantom Limb Pain Complicated by Heterotopic Ossification
Pain Research and Management, 2015 A common complication following amputation is phantom sensation, which may include experiencing pain in the phantom limb. This study details the management of phantom limb pain in a 72-year-old man, in whom comorbid heterotopic ossification was present ...
Ricardo Viana, Michael WC Payne
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Charcot Neuroarthropathy is Associated with Higher Rates of Phantom Limb after Major Amputation
Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2022 Category: Diabetes; Trauma Introduction/Purpose: Phantom limb is a complication associated with lower extremity amputation. However, its rate in patients with Charcot Neuroarthropathy that undergo major amputation is not well-described.
Brandon J. Martinazzi BS +7 more
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The phantom limb in dreams [PDF]
Consciousness and Cognition, 2008 Mulder and colleagues [Mulder, T., Hochstenbach, J., Dijkstra, P. U., Geertzen, J. H. B. (2008). Born to adapt, but not in your dreams. Consciousness and Cognition, 17, 1266-1271.] report that a majority of amputees continue to experience a normally-limbed body during their night dreams.
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Combined mirror visual and auditory feedback therapy for upper limb phantom pain: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2011 Introduction Phantom limb sensation and phantom limb pain is a very common issue after amputations. In recent years there has been accumulating data implicating 'mirror visual feedback' or 'mirror therapy' as helpful in the treatment of phantom limb ...
Yan Kun, Chernev Ivan, Wilcher Delia G
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Cerebellar ataxia after pediatric brain tumor treatment can cause persistent gait, balance, and speech impairment, yet no established rehabilitation strategy exists. Somato‐cognitive coordination therapy (SCCT) is a virtual reality–guided intervention designed to promote sensorimotor integration through visually constrained reaching
Masanobu Takeuchi +10 more
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