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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Satisfaction with cosmesis and priorities for cosmesis design reported by lower limb amputees in the United Kingdom : instrument development and results [PDF]
, 2013 Study Design: Cross sectional questionnaire study. Background: Amputee satisfaction with cosmesis and the importance they place on cosmesis design has not been published in the literature.
Corney, Jonathan +3 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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Phantom limb syndrome : a review [PDF]
, 2021 Phantom limb syndrome is a condition whereby patients experience painful or nonpainful, kinaesthetic sensory sensations in a non-existing limb. French surgeon Ambroise Pare was the first to observe this phenomenon in 1551, after critically wounded ...
Galea, Matteo
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Dissociation of phantom limb phenomena from stump tactile spatial acuity and sensory thresholds [PDF]
, 2005 Most amputees experience phantom limb sensations and/or phantom limb pain as well as residual limb (stump) pain that are resistant to treatment. Phantom phenomena are not homogeneous; each patient presents with a unique combination of spontaneous or ...
Katz, Joel +2 more
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SPG4 and Dementia: Expanding the Clinical Spectrum
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of disorders characterized by progressive spasticity and lower limb weakness, with mutations in SPG4/SPAST being the most common cause. Detailed studies and clinical and molecular comparisons across different populations are missing.
Emanuele Panza +19 more
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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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, 2016 Almost anyone with a limb amputation experiences phantom sensations. Moreover, the majority of amputees experience pain. This phenomenon is known as ‘Phantom pain’ and is described as the pain felt from a body part, usually a limb, which is no longer ...
Duca, Kristina, Muscat, Richard
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The effectiveness of mirror therapy in reducing phantom limb pain [PDF]
, 2022 openIntroduzione: il tirocinio in Pronto Soccorso ha dato la possibilità di seguire e assistere diversi pazienti, tutti con patologie differenti, un assisto in particolare presentava una patologia poco comune e complicata.
GAZZOLA, ILARIA
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