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

Chalmers University of Technology

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

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This image shows the patient´s pain levels over the 18 weeks since treatment started. The pain was drastically reduced after a period of treatment with the new method. The patient now has periods where he is entirely free of pain.

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

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