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| Title |
A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Mirror Therapy for Upper Extremity Phantom Limb Pain in Male Amputees
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Neurology, July 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fneur.2017.00267 |
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| Authors |
Sacha B. Finn, Briana N. Perry, Jay E. Clasing, Lisa S. Walters, Sandra L. Jarzombek, Sean Curran, Minoo Rouhanian, Mary S. Keszler, Lindsay K. Hussey-Andersen, Sharon R. Weeks, Paul F. Pasquina, Jack W. Tsao |
| Abstract |
Phantom limb pain (PLP) is prevalent in patients post-amputation and is difficult to treat. We assessed the efficacy of mirror therapy in relieving PLP in unilateral, upper extremity male amputees. Fifteen participants from Walter Reed and Brooke Army Medical Centers were randomly assigned to one of two groups: mirror therapy (n = 9) or control (n = 6, covered mirror or mental visualization therapy). Participants were asked to perform 15 min of their assigned therapy daily for 5 days/week for 4 weeks. The primary outcome was pain as measured using a 100-mm Visual Analog Scale. Subjects in the mirror therapy group had a significant decrease in pain scores, from a mean of 44.1 (SD = 17.0) to 27.5 (SD = 17.2) mm (p = 0.002). In addition, there was a significant decrease in daily time experiencing pain, from a mean of 1,022 (SD = 673) to 448 (SD = 565) minutes (p = 0.003). By contrast, the control group had neither diminished pain (p = 0.65) nor decreased overall time experiencing pain (p = 0.49). A pain decrement response seen by the 10th treatment session was predictive of final efficacy. These results confirm that mirror therapy is an effective therapy for PLP in unilateral, upper extremity male amputees, reducing both severity and duration of daily episodes. NCT0030144 ClinicalTrials.gov. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 24 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 4 | 17% |
| United States | 3 | 13% |
| Mexico | 1 | 4% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 13 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 21 | 88% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 263 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 263 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 65 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 28 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 6% |
| Researcher | 12 | 5% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 5% |
| Other | 34 | 13% |
| Unknown | 96 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 58 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 39 | 15% |
| Neuroscience | 13 | 5% |
| Engineering | 11 | 4% |
| Unspecified | 8 | 3% |
| Other | 26 | 10% |
| Unknown | 108 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 38. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 April 2021.
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