Efficacy of progressive muscle relaxation, mental imagery, and phantom exercise training on phantom limb: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 181-187

  Brunelli, Stefano ^a   Morone, Giovanni ^a   Iosa, Marco ^a   Ciotti, Cristina ^b   De Giorgi, Roberto ^a   Foti, Calogero ^b   Traballesi, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amputation; Chronic pain; Phantom limb; Rehabilitation; Sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; MENTAL IMAGERY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PARALLEL DESIGN; PHANTOM PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; AGED; AMPUTATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM LIMB; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM LIMB; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84921434812     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.09.035     Document Type: Article

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