The homuncular jigsaw: investigations of phantom limb and body awareness following brachial plexus block or avulsion [PDF]
, 2019 Many neuropsychological theories agree that the brain maintains a relatively persistent representation of one's own body, as indicated by vivid "phantom" experiences.
Giannini, Anna Maria +3 more
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Mirror therapy in the treatment of phantom limb pain following traumatic upper limb amputation – a case report [PDF]
Chirurgia Narządów Ruchu i Ortopedia PolskaIntroduction. Phantom limb pain is a common complication after limb amputation, involving cortical reorganization and disturbed sensorimotor integration.
Karina Szczypiór-Piasecka
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Plasticity and awareness of bodily distortion [PDF]
, 2016 Knowledge of the body is filtered by perceptual information, recalibrated through predominantly innate stored information, and neurally mediated by direct sensory motor information.
Pazzaglia, Mariella, Zantedeschi, Marta
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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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Phantoms and phantom limbs: history of describing the phenomenon
Эпилепсия и пароксизмальные состояния“Phantom” is the sensation of missing body part. Phantom can occur after amputation of virtually any part of the body, but more often after amputation of the upper or lower limbs defined as a “phantom limb”.
D. I. Korabelnikov +2 more
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Visually induced analgesia: seeing the body reduces pain [PDF]
, 2009 Given previous reports of strong interactions between vision and somatic senses, we investigated whether vision of the body modulates pain perception. Participants looked into a mirror aligned with their body midline at either the reflection of their own
Aglioti, S.M. +3 more
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Use of Calcitonin in Recalcitrant Phantom Limb Pain Complicated by Heterotopic Ossification
Pain Research and Management, 2015 A common complication following amputation is phantom sensation, which may include experiencing pain in the phantom limb. This study details the management of phantom limb pain in a 72-year-old man, in whom comorbid heterotopic ossification was present ...
Ricardo Viana, Michael WC Payne
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A sleeping phantom leg awakened following hemicolectomy, thrombosis, and chemotherapy: a case report [PDF]
, 2011 Introduction We describe the case of a patient who experienced phantom pain that began 42 years after right above-the-knee amputation. Immediately prior to phantom pain onset, this long-term amputee had experienced, in rapid succession ...
John L Bradshaw +4 more
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Is Phantom Limb Awareness Necessary for the Treatment of Phantom Limb Pain?
Neurologia Medico-ChirurgicaPhantom limb pain is attributed to abnormal sensorimotor cortical representations. Various feedback treatments have been applied to induce the reorganization of the sensorimotor cortical representations to reduce pain.
Huixiang YANG, Takufumi YANAGISAWA
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Phantom phenomena in limb amputees – a review article [PDF]
Rehabilitacja Medyczna, 2018 Amputation leading to the loss of a body part is associated not only with significant economic costs, but also serious consequences of medical and socio-psychological nature. It is the ultimate means to save a life or improve its quality.
Paweł Krawczyk +7 more
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