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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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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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Body image distortions following spinal cord injury [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Following spinal cord injury (SCI) or anaesthesia, people may continue to experience feelings of the size, shape, and posture of their body, suggesting that the conscious body image is not fully determined by immediate sensory signals.
Fuentes, C.T. +4 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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Meditation Experiences, Self, and Boundaries of Consciousness [PDF]
, 2016 Our experiences with the external world are possible mainly through vision, hearing, taste, touch, and smell providing us a sense of reality.
Barnes, Vernon A. +3 more
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The Tell-Tale Hand: Gothic Narratives and the Brain [PDF]
, 2016 The opening story in Winesburg, Ohio (1919) by Sherwood Anderson is called simply “Hands.” It is about a teacher’s remarkable hands that sometimes seem to move independently of his will.
Forsyth, Neil
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Pulmonary dysfunction and sleep abnormalities are common in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and are associated with worse clinical outcomes. Whether spirometry abnormalities are associated with polysomnography (PSG) findings remains unclear.
Ammar Saadoon Alishlash +4 more
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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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Visually induced analgesia: seeing the body reduces pain [PDF]
, 2009 Given previous reports of strong interactions between vision and somatic senses, we investigated whether vision of the body modulates pain perception. Participants looked into a mirror aligned with their body midline at either the reflection of their own
Aglioti, S.M. +3 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu +8 more
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