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Clinical feasibility and preliminary outcomes of a novel mixed reality system to manage phantom pain: a pilot study [PDF]
Background To assess the clinical feasibility of a virtual mirror therapy system in a pilot sample of patients with phantom pain. Methods Our Mixed reality system for Managing Phantom Pain (Mr.
Thiru M Annaswamy+5 more
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Reversal of phantom pain and hand-to-face remapping after brachial plexus avulsion. [PDF]
Following left brachial plexus avulsion, a 20‐year‐old man had phantom limb pain and remapping of sensation from his paralyzed hand onto his face. Mirror therapy (15 min daily, 5 days/week) led immediately to good movement of the phantom limb with ...
Tsao JW, Finn SB, Miller ME.
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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.
Lone Nikolajsen, Troels S. Jensen
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Motor Control and Sensory Feedback Enhance Prosthesis Embodiment and Reduce Phantom Pain After Long-Term Hand Amputation. [PDF]
We quantified prosthesis embodiment and phantom pain reduction associated with motor control and sensory feedback from a prosthetic hand in one human with a long-term transradial amputation. Microelectrode arrays were implanted in the residual median and
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Right upper quadrant abdominal pain may be due to many causes, and at times may give rise to diagnostic dilemma. We present here a young lady with biliary type of pain who was eventually found to have gall bladder agenesis with aerobilia, in the absence of prior biliary intervention.
Choudhury N, Talukdar R, Hagjer S.
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A phantom syndrome is a pain syndrome that occurs when part of the body, such as the nose, tongue, breast, tooth, testis, penis, bladder, or anus, has been lost as the result of an accident or operation. Its frequency and etiology remain unclear [1]. Phantom bladder pain is a rare phantom syndrome that has not been reported previously in South Korea ...
Kyeong-Eon Park+4 more
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A case of phantom pain and stump pain that was effectively controlled by ultrasound‐guided ulnar and median peripheral nerve blocks [PDF]
Phantom limb pain and stump pain are often intractable, and their incidences are relatively high. We report a case of a patient with phantom limb and stump pain of the finger, who was successfully treated by peripheral nerve blocks.
Shunya Sekiguchi+4 more
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An Algorithm Approach to Phantom Limb Pain
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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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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