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Protective and Risk Factors for Phantom Limb Pain and Residual Limb Pain Severity

Pain Practice, 2020
The exact mechanisms underlying the development and maintenance of phantom limb pain (PLP) are still unclear. This study aimed to identify the factors affecting pain intensity in patients with chronic, lower limb, traumatic PLP.
Marionna Munger, Camila Bonin Pinto, Kevin Pacheco-Barrios   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

The Effectiveness of Intravenous Morphine Infusion as Preemptive Analgesia in Preventing Phantom Limb Pain Following Lower Limb Amputation [PDF]

Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2010
hantom limb pain may reduce ambulation and mobility in amputees, resulting in diminished quality of life. We conducted a prospective study to compare the perioperative analgesic use of intravenous morphine infusion in 27 patients (Group A) and ...
KC Chong, AR Sulaiman, MI Yusof, T Vishvanathan, M Anwar Hau   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Case Report: Reduction in post-amputation phantom limb pain intensity accompanying the onset of phantom limb telescoping [PDF]

Frontiers in Pain Research
IntroductionIndividuals with limb loss frequently report post-amputation phenomena, including nonpainful phantom sensations, phantom limb pain (PLP), and residual limb pain (RLP).
Andrea Aternali, Heather Lumsden-Ruegg, Lora Appel, Sander L. Hitzig, Amanda L. Mayo, Joel Katz   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Phantom limb pain [PDF]

British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2000
Phantom pain is experienced by 60% to 80% of patients following limb amputation but is only severe in about 5% to 10% of cases. The mechanisms underlying pain in amputees are not fully understood, but factors in both the peripheral and central nervous system play a role.
L, Nikolajsen, T S, Jensen
openaire   +6 more sources

Innovative exploration of phantom limb pain treatment based on extended reality technology. [PDF]

World J Orthop
Gan D, Wang SY, Liu K, Zhang SY, Huang H, Xing JH, Qin CH, Wang KY, Wang T.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Efficacy of Graded Motor Imagery and Its Components on Phantom Limb Pain and Disability: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur, 2023
Introduction Graded Motor Imagery (GMI) is a non-invasive and inexpensive therapy used to treat Phantom Limb Pain (PLP) by sequentially activating motor networks in such a way that movement and pain are unpaired.
K. Limakatso, A. Cashin, Sam A. Williams, Jack J. Devonshire, R. Parker, J. McAuley   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effect of a continuous perineural levobupivacaine infusion on pain after major lower limb amputation: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives Randomised controlled trial of the effect of a perineural infusion of levobupivacaine on moderate/severe phantom limb pain 6 months after major lower limb amputation.Setting Single-centre, UK university hospital.Participants Ninety patients ...
Lesley Colvin, Mintu Nath, William Hunt, Jonathan P Thompson, Sarah Bowrey   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Making sense of phantom limb pain

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2022
Phantom limb pain (PLP) impacts the majority of individuals who undergo limb amputation. The PLP experience is highly heterogenous in its quality, intensity, frequency and severity.
Hunter R. Schone, C. Baker, J. Katz, L. Nikolajsen, K. Limakatso, Herta Flor, T. Makin   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Examining patient reported outcome measures for phantom limb pain: measurement use in a sample of Veterans with amputation. [PDF]

Disabil Rehabil
Rich T, Phelan H, Gravely A, Falbo K, Krebs E, Finn J, Matsumoto M, Muschler K, Kiecker J, Hansen A.   +9 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Phantom Limb Pain and Painful Neuroma After Dysvascular Lower-Extremity Amputation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2023
Background Phantom limb pain (PLP) and symptomatic neuroma can be debilitating and significantly impact the quality of life of amputees. However, the prevalence of PLP and symptomatic neuromas in patients following dysvascular lower limb amputation (LLA)
MD Mph Mirte Langeveld, BSc Romy Bosman, M. P. Caroline A. Hundepool, M. P. Liron S. Duraku, BNurs Christopher McGhee, M. P. J. Michiel Zuidam, MD Frcs Tom Barker, PhD Frcs Maciej Juszczak, M. M. B. F. T. O. Dominic M. Power   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source