ArticleAnnals of clinical and translational neurology2016
Reversal of phantom pain and hand-to-face remapping after brachial plexus avulsion.
Article in Annals of clinical and translational neurology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Effects of Mirror Neurons-Based Rehabilitation Techniques in Hand Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Videoconference-Based Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- Phantom limb experience after brachial plexus anaesthesia.Brain communications · 2025Article
- Opportunities to Discuss Diversity-Related Topics in Neuroscience Courses.Journal of undergraduate neuroscience education : JUNE : a publication of FUN, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience · 2022Article
- Disconnected Body Representation: Neuroplasticity Following Spinal Cord Injury.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
- Real-time Video Projection in an MRI for Characterization of Neural Correlates Associated with Mirror Therapy for Phantom Limb Pain.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2019Article
- The Homuncular Jigsaw: Investigations of Phantom Limb and Body Awareness Following Brachial Plexus Block or Avulsion.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Review
- My hand in my ear: a phantom limb re-induced by the illusion of body ownership in a patient with a brachial plexus lesion.Psychological research · 2019Article
- A review of current theories and treatments for phantom limb pain.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2018Review
- Phantom Sensations Following Brachial Plexus Nerve Block: A Case Report.Frontiers in neurology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Following left brachial plexus avulsion, a 20-year-old man had phantom limb pain and remapping of sensation from his paralyzed hand onto his face. Mirror therapy (15 min daily, 5 days/week) led immediately to good movement of the phantom limb with decreased pain. Within 2 weeks following nerve graft surgery, remapping of hand sensation onto the face disappeared along with resolution of phantom limb pain. Mirror therapy coupled with nerve grafting may relieve phantom limb pain due to brachial plexus avulsion and reverse hand-to-face remapping, suggesting that both peripheral and central mechanisms mediate development of phantom limb pain and cortical reorganization/neuroplasticity after brachial plexus avulsion.
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