Phantom limb pain after lower limb trauma: Origins and treatments

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 224-235

  Foell, Jens ^a   Bekrater Bodmann, Robin ^a   Flor, Herta ^a   Cole, Jonathan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amputation; neuroscience; pathogenesis; Phantom limb pain; treatment

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; LEG PROSTHESIS; LIMB AMPUTATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHANTOM PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AMPUTATION; ANALGESICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; LOWER EXTREMITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHANTOM LIMB; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84055192634     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734611428730     Document Type: Article

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