Body Representation among Adults with Phantom Limb Pain: Results from a Foot Identification Task

ConclusionsAdults with phantom limb pain demonstrate body representation impairments as compared to controls with intact limbs. Body representation impairments, however, may not be unique to phantom limb pain, given similar performance between adults with and without phantom limb pain following lower-limb loss.

Source: European Journal of Pain - September 7, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: E.H. Beisheim, R.T. Pohlig, J. Medina, G.E. Hicks, J.M. Sions Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research