Amputation, prosthesis use, and phantom limb pain:an interdisciplinary perspective
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Springer,
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Publisher Address: | New York London |
Publication Dates: | 2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-87462-3 |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (ix, 203 p.): ill. |
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9780387874623 (electr. bk.) 0387874623 (electr. bk.) |
Index Number: | R318 |
CLC: | R318.08 |
Contents: | Developing an interdisciplinary perspective on amputation, prosthesis use, and phantom limb pain: an introduction -- Need-directed design of prostheses and enabling resources -- Ethical and medico-legal issues in amputee prosthetic rehabilitation -- Monitoring of upper limb prosthesis activity in trans-radial amputees -- Adaptation to amputation and prosthesis use -- Understanding adjustment and coping to limb loss and absence through phenomenologies of prosthesis use -- Return to work after amputation -- Gender, sexuality and prosthesis use: implications for rehabilitation -- Post amputation chronic pain profile and management -- Phantom limb pain: prevalence, mechanisms and associated factors -- Management of phantom limb pain -- Virtual solutions phantom problems: using immersive virtual reality to treat phantom limb pain. |