Sensory qualities of the phantom hand map in the residual forearm of amputees

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 365-370

  Björkman, Anders ^a   Wijk, Ulrika ^a   Antfolk, Christian ^b   Björkman Burtscher, Isabella ^b   Rosén, Birgitta ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Forearm amputees; Prosthesis; Referred sensations; Sensory feedback

Indexed keywords

AMPUTEE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHANTOM LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

AMPUTEES; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; PHANTOM LIMB;

EID: 84962267821     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2074     Document Type: Article

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