Increased motor control of a phantom leg in humans results from the visual feedback of a virtual leg

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 341, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-169

  Brodie, Eric E ^a   Whyte, Anne ^b   Waller, Bridget ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputation; Increased use; Phantom limb movement; Virtual limbs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0345701532     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00160-5     Document Type: Article

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