A neurological-based rehabilitation system to address phantom limb syndrome has been registered by the FDA as a Class II Software as a Medical Device, the manufacturer said in a press release.The ...

After amputation of an arm, most amputees report vivid and continuous sensations of their missing limb. Some can even move their missing hand as if it were still there. For many amputees, though, ...

Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a neuropathic condition in which amputees perceive pain and other sensory disturbances in a limb that is no longer present. The management of PLP represents a significant ...

October 11, 2011 (Hamburg, Germany) — In the future, amputees might merely repeatedly watch a virtual version of their lost limb in motion to be rid of their phantom limb pain. Researchers believe ...

Up to 90 percent of people who have lost a limb continue to have pain where the arm or leg used to be. It's called phantom limb pain, and it can be debilitating. James Wolf lost part of his right leg ...

The Mia Hand prosthetic, fused with bone and connected to the nervous system, has given its owner a new lease on life and much less phantom pain. Reading time 2 minutes Scientists appear to have ...

Fadel Zeidan holds a bag of psilocybin at the Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute at the UC San Diego in La Jolla on Aug. 3, 2023. / Photo by Ariana Drehsler Sign up for The Morning ...

This commentary is written by Dr. Gregory Kolovich, an orthopedic and peripheral nerve surgeon at Optim Orthopedics. “It felt like a bolt of lightning was shooting down my arm — an arm that was no ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Neuroscientists have long held that the brain reorganizes itself when a body part is amputated. A new ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - Viewing the reflected image of an intact limb in a mirror can fool the mind into thinking that a lost leg or foot still exists, dramatically relieving phantom limb pain, researchers ...