Phantom pain and phantom sensations in upper limb amputees: An epidemiological study

Pain

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-41

  Kooijman, Carolien M ^a   Dijkstra, Pieter U ^a,b   Geertzen, Jan H B ^a,b   Elzinga, Albert ^c   Van Der Schans, Cees P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c The   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amputation; Determinant; Phantom limb; Phantom pain; Phantom sensation; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PHANTOM PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTEES; ARM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHANTOM LIMB; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034237792     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00264-5     Document Type: Article

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