Background Phantom limb pain (PLP)—pain felt in the amputated limb–is often
accompanied by significant suffering. Estimates of the burden of PLP have provided …

Amputees with lower limb loss need special care during daily life activities to make the
movement natural as before amputation. No such work exists covering the main aspects …

Despite our best efforts over the past century, our mechanistic understanding of phantom
limb pain and our ability to treat it have remained limited. Tamar Makin invites readers to …

Aims This study aims to investigate phantom limb pain (PLP), PLP-related factors, and the
effect of PLP on quality of life in patients who had undergone upper or lower extremity …

Background: Amputees often experience a phantom limb consisting in the vivid impression
that the limb is not only still present, but in many cases, painful. These patients may also …

Background Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a common problem after limb amputation. There is
mounting evidence supporting the use of mirror therapy (MT) in the treatment of individuals …

Background Upper-limb prostheses are regularly abandoned, in part due to the mismatch
between user needs and prostheses performance. Sensory feedback is among several …

Purpose: the evaluation of body image perception, pain coping strategies, and dream
content, together with phantom limb and telescoping phenomena in patients with sarcoma …

There are over 185,000 amputations annually in the United States, and most of these
patients will receive a short inpatient rehabilitation hospital stay as part of their recovery …

In this paper, we use the biology of pain and Augustinian insights into the relationship
between physical and spiritual death to give a defense of the Fall. If we think of pain as …