Training with virtual visual feedback to alleviate phantom limb pain

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 587-594

  Mercier, Catherine ^a,b   Sirigu, Angela ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

^b CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amputation; Brachial plexus avulsion; Mirror therapy; Phantom limb pain; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; ANALGESIA; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHANTOM PAIN; TRAINING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL VIRTUAL FEEDBACK;

ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; AMPUTEES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM LIMB; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349286835     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968308328717     Document Type: Article

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