Decreasing Phantom Limb Pain Through Observation of Action and Imagery: A Case Series

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-299

  Beaumont, Geneviève ^a,b   Mercier, Catherine ^a,b   Michon, Pierre Emmanuel ^a,b   Malouin, Francine ^a,b   Jackson, Philip L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Intervention; Motor Imagery; Pain; Phantom Limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB MOVEMENT; LIMB PAIN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBSERVATION; PHANTOM PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79751470135     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.01048.x     Document Type: Article

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