Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Phantom Limb Pain: Efficacy of Non-invasive Sensory Feedback Through the Prosthesis
Brief Summary:
Amputation of a limb may result from trauma or surgical intervention. The amputation traumatically alters the body image, but often leaves sensations that refer to the missing body part. In 50-80% amputees, neuropathic pain develops, also called phantom limb pain (PLP). Both peripheral and central nervous system factors have been implicated as determinants of PLP. Also, PLP may be triggered by physical (changes in the weather) and psychological factors (emotional stress). Recent evidence suggests that PLP may be intricately related to neuroplastic changes in the cortex, and that these changes may modulated by providing sensory input to the stump or amputation zone.
A non-invasive clinical trial will test the effectiveness of non-invasive pressure sensory feedback build into a hand prosthesis to alleviate phantom limb pain.