Physical and social factors determining quality of life for veterans with lower-limb amputation(s) : a systematic review [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose: Most veterans live for many years after their war-related traumatic lower-limb amputation, which is why understanding which factors influence health-related quality of life (HRQoL) remains important to their long-term management.
Henning Langberg +4 more
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, 2018 Cortical reorganization and pain memory are theories to explain phantom limb pain and other postamputation phantom phenomena. This study was undertaken to identify evidence of cortical reorganization in lower limb amputees and to find evidence for the ...
Crawford, Kath +3 more
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, 2010 This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of phantom limb ...
Black, Lance M.
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Perioperative analgesia in decreasing the incidence and or severity of phantom pain-non-randomised observational study between intravenous morphine versus intramuscular diclofenate [PDF]
, 2006 PURPOSEOFTHESTUDY To evaluate the perioperative intravenous morphine and intramuscular diclofenate in reducing the incidence of phantom limb pain as well as the severity of phantom pain following lower limb amputation.
Chon, Chong Kuan
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Phantom Pain Reduction by Non-ionizing Electromagnetic Treatment [PDF]
, 2010 Based on our years of experience testing a technique called non-ionizing Electromagnetic-Own-Signal-Treatment (EMOST), here, we present our preliminary results for phantom pain reduction by this method under clinical circumstances.
Istvan Bokkon
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Pain Management Resource Guide for Caregivers of Children with Phantom Limb Pain [PDF]
, 2019 Approximately 80% of children, under the age of 18, develop phantom limb pain within one year after receiving an amputation (Burgoyne, Billups, Jiron, Kaddoum, Wright, Bikhazi, Parish, & Pereiras, 2012; Krane & Heller, 1995).
Monn, Micaela, Steffen, Amanda
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Exploring factors influencing low back pain in people with non-dysvascular lower limb amputation: a national survey [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Chronic low back pain (LBP) is a common musculoskeletal impairment in people with lower limb amputation. Given the multifactorial nature of LBP, exploring the factors influencing the presence and intensity of LBP is warranted.
Ali +66 more
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Acquisition of ownership illusion with self-disownership in neurological patients [PDF]
, 2020 The multisensory regions in frontoparietal cortices play a crucial role in the sense of body and self. Disrupting this sense may lead to a feeling of disembodiment, or more generally, a sense of disownership.
Federico, F. +2 more
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A systematic review of therapeutic interventions to reduce acute and chronic post-surgical pain after amputation, thoracotomy or mastectomy [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Perioperative neuropathic pain is under-recognized and often undertreated. Chronic pain may develop after any routine surgery, but it can have a far greater incidence after amputation, thoracotomy or mastectomy.
Ibarra M.M. +3 more
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The effects of graded motor imagery and its components on chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2013 This is the post-print version of the final paper published in The Journal of Pain. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting ...
Abby Tabor +48 more
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