A New Method for the Treatment of Phantom Limb Pain after an Amputation (2 of 3) (IMAGE)

Chalmers University of Technology

A New Method for the Treatment of Phantom Limb Pain after an Amputation (2 of 3)

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In the augmented reality environment, the patient can see himself with a superimposed virtual arm, which is controlled by muscle signals from his arm stump.

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Ortiz-Catalan et al., <em>Frontiers in Neuroscience</em>

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