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Contralateral Acupuncture for the Treatment of Phantom Limb Pain and Phantom Limb Sensation in Oncologic Lower Limb Amputee: A Case Report [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 Phantom limb pain (PLP) and phantom limb sensation (PLS) are common and distressing sequelae of amputation. Current pain management following amputation is challenging and unsatisfying.
Qin Guo +3 more
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Phantom sensation and quality of life among patients with lower-limb amputations in the region of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2021 . An amputation is an irreversible event that causes social, psychological, and functional consequences that reduces the quality of life of the amputee. Phantom pain generally is reported by 50 to 80% of amputees.
Víctor de Oliveira Costa +5 more
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Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2022 Currently, there is neither a standardized mode for the documentation of phantom sensations and phantom limb pain, nor for their visualization as perceived by patients.
Michael Bressler +6 more
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Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2021 Shuang Jiang,1,2 Ke Zheng,3 Wei Wang,3 Yi Pei,3 Enduo Qiu,3 Gang Zhu1,4 1Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110001, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pain Medicine (Psychology ...
Jiang S +5 more
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Non-painful phantom limb sensations
Эпилепсия и пароксизмальные состоянияBackground. Phantom, or phantom limb (PL), or phantom amputee is a false sensation of the presence of a lost body part, a multifaceted and to date not fully investigated phenomenon that occurs after amputation of a body part.
D. I. Korabelnikov, Е. V. Tkachenko
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PHANTOM LIMB: CHARACTERISTICS AND MANAGEMENT [PDF]
Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2022 Phantom limb sensation was described for the first time by the French military surgeon Ambroise Pare in the 16th century, where soldiers reported a long-lasting suggestive and physical pain after an amputation.
Gianfilippo Caggiari
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Fantom pain: Case report [PDF]
Serbian Journal of Anesthesia and Intensive Therapy, 2017 Background Phantom limb pain is a common problem after limb amputation (41-85%). It is described as an extremely painful sensation in the missing part of the body that can last for hours, days or even years.
Marić Sanja S. +5 more
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Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2021 Phantom limb pain is commonly known as a neurological condition, where an amputee will continue to feel a limb that is no longer present in a painful fashion.
Dion Willis, Brett Stevens, Wendy Powell
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014 Most patients, post-amputation, report the experience of a phantom limb. Some even sense voluntary movements when viewing a mirror image of the intact limb superimposed onto the phantom limb.
Shu eImaizumi +7 more
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Treatment of phantom pain with contralateral injection into tender points: a new method of treatment
Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 2015 Objective The aim of this study was to ascertain the existence of contralateral painful muscle areas mirroring phantom pain and to evaluate the short-term effects of anaesthetics versus saline, injected contralaterally to control phantom and phantom limb
Alaa A El Aziz Labeeb, Roberto Casale
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