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The Japanese journal of neuropsychology

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ArticleTitle Neuropsychological approach to the phantom limb pain
Language J
AuthorList Shinichi Koyama
Affiliation Chiba University, Graduate School of Engineering
Publication Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 26 (2), 158-163, 2010
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Abstract We reported our case study in which we applied neuropsychological approach to a patient with phantom limb pain. In the patient, mirror therapy was effective after having the phantom limb pain for more than 30 years. The patient also recovered his body-image of the amputated limb, and the body-image recovered from proximal to distal. Studies have suggested that mirror therapy prevents phantom limb pain by preventing cortical reorganization by activating the somatosensory cortex with the visual inputs. Our case study suggested that neuropsychological approaches can be useful for the prevention of some kinds of pain.
Keywords phantom limb pain, neuropsychology of pain, cortical reorganization, mirror therapy

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