Sensation that an amputated or missing limb is attached
For other uses, see Phantom limb (disambiguation).
Medical condition
Phantom limb
A cat attempting to use its left foreleg to scoop litter several months after it has been amputated
Specialty
Neurology
A phantom limb is the sensation that an amputated or missing limb is still attached. It is a chronic condition which is often resistant to treatment.[1] When the cut ends of sensory fibres are stimulated during thigh movements, the patient feels as if the sensation is arising from the non-existent limb. Sometimes the patient might feel pain in the non-existent limb. Approximately 80–100% of individuals with an amputation experience sensations in their amputated limb. However, only a small percentage will experience painful phantom limb sensation (phantom pain). These sensations are relatively common in amputees and usually resolve within two to three years without treatment. Research continues to explore the underlying mechanisms of phantom limb pain (PLP) and effective treatment options.[2]
^Sembulingam, K. Essentials of medical physiology (9th ed.). K. Sembulingam and prema Sembulingam. p. 717. ISBN 978-93-5696-326-9.
^Manchikanti, Laxmaiah; Singh, Vijay; Boswell, Mark V. (2007-01-01), Waldman, Steven D.; Bloch, Joseph I. (eds.), "chapter 28 - Phantom Pain Syndromes", Pain Management, W.B. Saunders, pp. 304–315, doi:10.1016/b978-0-7216-0334-6.50032-7, ISBN 978-0-7216-0334-6, retrieved 2019-12-09
A phantomlimb is the sensation that an amputated or missing limb is still attached. It is a chronic condition which is often resistant to treatment....
Phantom pain is a painful perception that an individual experiences relating to a limb or an organ that is not physically part of the body, either because...
Supernumerary phantomlimb is a condition where the affected individual believes and receives sensory information from limbs of the body that do not actually...
had phantomlimb pain (PLP). Ramachandran created a visual (and psychological) illusion of two intact limbs by putting the patient's affected limb into...
disease, Ekbom's syndrome and delirium tremens. Patients who experience phantomlimb pains also experience a type of tactile hallucination. Tactile hallucinations...
removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as...
S2CID 20145569. Videos Ramachandran. PhantomLimb Syndrome. about consciousness, mirror neurons, and phantomlimb syndrome Other readings Chorost M (2005)...
less common than phantomlimb pain. The prevalence of phantom pain after limb amputation ranged from 50% to 78%. The prevalence of phantom eye pain, in contrast...
amputees can experience pain from their phantomlimbs; this is called phantomlimb pain (PLP). Phantomlimb pain is considered to be caused from functional...
A common side effect of phantom limbs is phantomlimb pain. The neurophysiological mechanisms by which phantomlimbs occur is still under debate. A common...
Lucretia at Location One's Abramovic Studio in New York City, and the PhantomLimb Company's 69° South also known as Shackleton Project (2011) which premièred...
The PhantomLimbs were a rock band formed in Oakland, California, in 1999. The group combined the unusual keyboard-driven compositions of Stevenson Sedgwick...
cadaver subjects Phantomlimb, the sensation that a missing limb is still attached to the body Phantom pain, a perceived sensation "Phantom", the name of...
may become sensitized, so that touching them evokes pain in the phantomlimb. Phantomlimb pain may accompany urination or defecation.: 61–69 Local anesthetic...
patients with paralyzed limbs regain use of their limbs by forcing the sensory system to grow new neural pathways. Phantomlimb syndrome is a sensory system...
announced by Pitchfork Media on October 16, 2006. The first single, "PhantomLimb", was released on iTunes on November 14, 2006, and reached physical retailers...
reverse or negative phantomlimb, in which nerve injuries to the limbs, such as trauma in which a limb's nerves are severed but the limb is spared from amputation...
for painful diabetic neuropathy. As of 2015, the efficacy of TENS for phantomlimb pain is unknown; no randomized controlled trials have been performed...
video for the song "PhantomLimb" via BitTorrent Bundle. Three of the videos ("Hollow", "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here", and "PhantomLimb") do not feature...
monitoring and rehabilitation of some psychological disorders, including phantomlimb syndrome and schizophrenia. A familiar phenomenon and example for a physical...
Supernumerary nipples – an additional nipple Supernumerary phantomlimbs – where the brain acts as though a limb were there, but it is not Syndactyly – webbing between...
Global Information