Keesom E., Lidstrom-Homqvist K., Ortiz-Catalan M., Pilch M., Lendaro E., Hermansson L., and Van der Sluis C. Reducing phantom limb pain using phantom motor execution enabled by augmented and virtual reality: Participants’ perspectives on an innovative treatment, Disability and Rehabilitation, 2025, 47(12):3078-3087.
Description
Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a debilitating condition common after amputation that can considerably hinder patients' quality of life. Several treatments have reported promising results in alleviating PLP. However, clinical evaluations are usually performed in small cohorts and rigorous clinical trials are scarce. In addition, the underlying mechanisms by which novel interventions alleviate PLP are often unclear, potentially because the condition itself is poorly understood. This article presents a theoretical framework of PLP that can be used as groundwork for hypotheses of novel treatments.
Pilch M., Van Rietschoten T., Ortiz-Catalan M., Lendaro E., Van der Sluis C, and Hermansson L., Interplay between innovation and intersubjectivity: Therapists Perceptions of Phantom Motor Execution therapy and its effect on Phantom Limb Pain, Journal of Pain Research, 2023, 16:2747–2761.
Description
Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a debilitating condition common after amputation that can considerably hinder patients' quality of life. Several treatments have reported promising results in alleviating PLP. However, clinical evaluations are usually performed in small cohorts and rigorous clinical trials are scarce. In addition, the underlying mechanisms by which novel interventions alleviate PLP are often unclear, potentially because the condition itself is poorly understood. This article presents a theoretical framework of PLP that can be used as groundwork for hypotheses of novel treatments.