The method is based on a unique combination of several technologies, and has been initially tested on a patient who has suffered from severe
phantom limb pain for 48 years.
Not exact matches
He is best known
for the work that overlaps with my own interests: using mirrors as a low - tech form of virtual reality to treat
phantom -
limb pain and stroke paralysis.
Brain areas tied to the remaining
limb may try to compensate
for the dormant side, perhaps creating
phantom limb pain.
Five study participants found that BMI training reduced
pain more than previous therapies, suggesting that this is a promising approach
for treating
phantom limb pain.
But
for people with certain chronic
pain disorders, including fibromyalgia and
phantom limb pain, a gentle caress can result in agony.
«The control group will be treated with one of the current treatment methods
for phantom limb pain.
A popular theory of the cause of
phantom limb pain is faulty «wiring» of the sensorimotor cortex, the part of the brain that is responsible
for processing sensory inputs and executing movements.
We suspect that the cats feel
phantom pain in their amputation sites, just as some human amputees feel
phantom pain for years in
limbs that are no longer there.