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Risk Factors Analysis of Phantom Limb Pain in Amputees with Malignant Tumors [PDF]
Journal of Pain Research, 2023 Xiulin Huo,1,2 Peiying Huang,1 Hexuan Di,3 Tianxiao Ma,3 Sufang Jiang,1 Jie Yao,4 Lining Huang1 1Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Anesthesiology,
Huo X +6 more
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Epidemiology and risk factors for phantom limb pain [PDF]
Frontiers in Pain ResearchApproximately 356 million limb amputations are performed globally every year. In 2005, the prevalence of limb loss in the United States was 1.6 million people; and it is estimated to increase to 3.6 million by 2050.
Shoji Ishigami +2 more
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Induced sensorimotor brain plasticity controls pain in phantom limb patients [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2016 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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An Algorithm Approach to Phantom Limb Pain
Journal of Pain Research, 2022 Jacob Boomgaardt,1 Kovosh Dastan,1 Tiffany Chan,2 Ashley Shilling,2 Alaa Abd-Elsayed,3 Lynn Kohan2 1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; 2Department of Anesthesiology, University of ...
Boomgaardt J +5 more
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Managing acute phantom limb pain with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023 Introduction Phantom limb pain is characterized by painful sensations in the amputated limb. The clinical presentation of acute phantom limb pain may differ from that of patients with chronic phantom limb pain.
Katleho Limakatso
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Pain without presence: a narrative review of the pathophysiological landscape of phantom limb pain. [PDF]
Front Pain Res (Lausanne)Phantom limb pain (PLP) is defined as the perception of pain in a limb that has been amputated. In the United States, approximately 30,000–40,000 amputations are performed annually with an estimated 2.3 million people living with amputations.
Wu H +5 more
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Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 2021 Background Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a common and in some cases debilitating consequence of upper- or lower-limb amputation for which current treatments are inadequate.
Elisabetta Ambron +2 more
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Neural Regeneration Research, 2022 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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Case Report: Spinal cord stimulation for phantom limb pain facilitates upper limb myoelectric prosthesis use [PDF]
Frontiers in Pain ResearchIntroductionThis case describes the application of spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of phantom limb pain in a patient with a left transhumeral amputation. Treatment of pain involving a high frequency spinal cord stimulator allowed the patient to
Lauren E. Penz +3 more
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Phantom limb pain: A literature review
Chinese Journal of Traumatology, 2018 Since the phantom limb sensation was first described by the French military surgeon Ambroise Pare in the 16th century, the number of studies surrounding phantom limb pain has increased every year.
Amreet Kaur, Yuxi Guan
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