Our understanding of chronic pain involves complex brain circuits that include sensory,
emotional, cognitive and interoceptive processing. The feed-forward interactions between …

Methods: This review aims to provide an interdisciplinary overview of recent evidence-based
and clinical knowledge. Results: The scientific evidence for best practice is weak and …

Background Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a common consequence of amputation and is
difficult to treat. Mirror therapy (MT), a procedure utilizing the visual recreation of movement …

Up to 90% of amputees experience sensations in their phantom limb, often including strong,
persistent phantom limb pain (PLP). Standard treatments do not provide relief for the …

Phantom limb pain (PLP) is commonly considered to be a result of maladaptive brain
plasticity. This model proposes that PLP is mainly caused by reorganisation in the primary …

The bodily self and its disorders: neurological, psychologic... : Current Opinion in Neurology The
bodily self and its disorders: neurological, psychological and social aspects : Current Opinion …

The cause of pain in a phantom limb after partial or complete deafferentation is an important
problem. A popular but increasingly controversial theory is that it results from maladaptive …

Cortical remapping after hand loss in the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) is thought to be
predominantly dictated by cortical proximity, with adjacent body parts remapping into the …

Objective. Currently, there are some 95 000 people in Europe suffering from upper-limb
impairment. Rehabilitation should be undertaken right after the impairment occurs and …

Cortical reorganization has been proposed as a major factor involved in phantom pain with
prior nociceptive input to the deafferented region and input from the non-deafferented cortex …