Exploratory findings with virtual reality for phantom limb pain; From stump motion to agency and analgesia

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 846-854

  Cole, Jonathan ^a,b   Crowle, Simon ^b   Austwick, Greg ^b   Henderson Slater, David ^c  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD CENTRE FOR ENABLEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Analgesia; Phantom limb pain; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION STUMP; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTION CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SENSE OF AGENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY; AGNOSIA; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION STUMPS; ANALGESIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM LIMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 70349773638     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280802355197     Document Type: Article

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