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Sääriamputoitujen henkilöiden kokemuksia aavesäryistä ja niiden hoitomuodoista [PDF]
Opinnäytetyön tavoitteena oli selvittää sääriamputoitujen henkilöiden kokemuksia aavesäryistä sekä niiden hoitomuodoista. Opinnäytetyötä varten toteutettiin kolme teemahaastattelua, jotka noudattivat laadullisen tutkimuksen periaatteita.
Nyström, Jesse, Schuvalow, Sonja
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Phantom limb phenomena are often reported by patients after the amputation or deafferentation of limbs. The most debilitating condition is named phantom limb pain and, to present, an efficacious treatment is not been identify, yet.
Graziella Orrù +6 more
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Phantom limb pain is a chronic pain syndrome that is difficult to cope with. Despite neurostimulation treatment is indicated for refractory neuropathic pain, there is scant evidence from randomized controlled trials to recommend it as the treatment ...
M Ángeles Garcia-Pallero +4 more
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“Phantoms of Form” takes as it’s centre point the idea of the fictional “other” woman. The protagonist is a female figure, that has been devised to enable a distance. She is a ghost, a shadow, She is there but not present. The female form currently exists (but is not limited to) a composite of the architect Eileen Grey (1878-1976), the artist Barbara ...
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Phantom limb sensations and phantom limb pain in child and adolescent amputees [PDF]
To provide a better understanding of the prevalence, correlates and quality of phantom sensations and phantom pain in child and adolescent amputees.Retrospective survey study.Recruitment through the War Amputations of Canada.Sixty child and adolescent amputees aged 8-18 years who were missing a limb due to a congenital limb deficiency (n = 27) or ...
Wilkins, Krista L. +3 more
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Linking pain and the body: neural correlates of visually induced analgesia [PDF]
The visual context of seeing the body can reduce the experience of acute pain, producing a multisensory analgesia. Here we investigated the neural correlates of this “visually induced analgesia” using fMRI.
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Nearly everyone who undergoes the sudden loss of a limb will continue to feel the presence of and experience sensations in the missing limb for at least some time after the loss. This "phantom limb" phenomenon has been known for centuries, but remains poorly understood.
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Developing core sets for persons following amputation based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as a way to specify functioning [PDF]
Amputation is a common late stage sequel of peripheral vascular disease and diabetes or a sequel of accidental trauma, civil unrest and landmines. The functional impairments affect many facets of life including but not limited to: Mobility; activities of
Alarcos Cieza +52 more
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Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques for chronic pain [PDF]
Copyright © 2014 The Cochrane Collaboration.Various devices are available that can electrically stimulate the brain without the need for surgery or any invasive treatment in order to manage chronic pain.
De Souza, LH +4 more
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Induced sensorimotor brain plasticity controls pain in phantom limb patients
Pain in a phantom limb after limb deafferentation may be due to maladaptive sensorimotor representation. Here the authors find that sensorimotor plasticity induced by BMI training with the phantom hand, contrary to expectation, increased pain while ...
Takufumi Yanagisawa +10 more
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