Making sense of phantom limb pain
Phantom limb pain (PLP) impacts the majority of individuals who undergo limb amputation.
The PLP experience is highly heterogenous in its quality, intensity, frequency and severity …
The PLP experience is highly heterogenous in its quality, intensity, frequency and severity …
[HTML][HTML] Understanding low back pain in traumatic lower limb amputees: a systematic review
Objective This systematic review aims to evaluate current literature for the prevalence,
causes, and effect of low back pain (LBP) in traumatic lower limb amputees, specifically its …
causes, and effect of low back pain (LBP) in traumatic lower limb amputees, specifically its …
Lumbopelvic movement coordination during walking improves with transfemoral bone anchored limbs: Implications for low back pain
BMM Gaffney, PB Thomsen, RA Leijendekkers… - Gait & Posture, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Low back pain (LBP) is more prevalent in patients with transfemoral amputation
using socket prostheses than able-bodied individuals, in part due to altered spinal loading …
using socket prostheses than able-bodied individuals, in part due to altered spinal loading …
Inertial sensor-based measures of gait symmetry and repeatability in people with unilateral lower limb amputation
Background People with lower limb amputation often walk with asymmetrical gait patterns
potentially leading to long-term health problems, ultimately affecting their quality of life. The …
potentially leading to long-term health problems, ultimately affecting their quality of life. The …
Impact of powered knee-ankle prosthesis on low back muscle mechanics in transfemoral amputees: A case series
Regular use of prostheses is critical for individuals with lower limb amputations to achieve
everyday mobility, maintain physical and physiological health, and achieve a better quality …
everyday mobility, maintain physical and physiological health, and achieve a better quality …
Low back pain in people with lower limb amputation: A cross-sectional study
PK Sadowski, S Battista, G Leuzzi, LG Sansone… - Spine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A cross-sectional study based on an online questionnaire. Objective. The aim
was to investigate the prevalence and intensity of low back pain (LBP) in people with lower …
was to investigate the prevalence and intensity of low back pain (LBP) in people with lower …
Frequency and severity of phantom limb pain in veterans with major upper limb amputation: results of a national survey
E Balakhanlou, J Webster, M Borgia, L Resnik - PM&R, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To describe the frequency and severity of phantom limb pain (PLP) in veterans
with major upper limb amputation and determine the association between PLP and person …
with major upper limb amputation and determine the association between PLP and person …
Walking asymmetry and its relation to patient-reported and performance-based outcome measures in individuals with unilateral lower limb loss
CK Wong, EE Vandervort, KM Moran… - International …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Gait asymmetry persists for most people after lower limb amputation and is associated with
slower walking speeds. However, the relationship between gait asymmetry and patient …
slower walking speeds. However, the relationship between gait asymmetry and patient …
[PDF][PDF] The effect of post-amputation pain and phantom sensations on prosthesis use, body image, and quality of life in patients with lower-extremity amputation.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate phantom limb pain (PLP), PL sensation
(PLS), and residual limb pain (RLP) after lower-extremity amputation and their effect on …
(PLS), and residual limb pain (RLP) after lower-extremity amputation and their effect on …
More than half of persons with lower limb amputation suffer from chronic back pain or residual limb pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis
M Oosterhoff, JHB Geertzen… - Disability and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The aim of this study is to systematically review and critically assess the
methodological quality of literature regarding prevalence, characteristics and factors …
methodological quality of literature regarding prevalence, characteristics and factors …