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Reducing pain in phantom limbs

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Michael J. Lander

Many individuals who have undergone amputation of an arm or leg experience pain in the missing limb — a phenomenon referred to as phantom limb pain. The sensations can seem as real as aches and pains in the rest of their body. To help people deal with this condition, the mirror box was developed more than 10 years ago. The device enables users to interpret motion of their functioning limb as movement of their phantom one, but only within the mirror’s limited field of view. Craig D. Murray, Stephen Pettifer and colleagues at the University of Manchester and at South Manchester University...Read full article

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