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Treatment Of Phantom Limb Pain And Knee Flexion Contracture Due To Transtibial Amputation: A Case Study, Kristin Smead, Donna Leigel
Treatment Of Phantom Limb Pain And Knee Flexion Contracture Due To Transtibial Amputation: A Case Study, Kristin Smead, Donna Leigel
Miami, Fall 2019
This case study evaluated the effectiveness of a combination of visual mirror therapy for phantom limb pain desensitization in conjunction with a physical therapy regimen of therapeutic exercise, short-wave diathermy, and gait training in a 66-year-old male with left lower extremity amputation.
Through a combination of mirror therapy, short-wave diathermy over the hamstring musculature, and therapeutic exercise, the patient displayed an overall improvement in left lower limb knee flexion contracture and a reduction in perceived phantom limb pain.The patient can now tolerate full weight bearing through this extremity from an improved fit of the prosthesis socket. Throughout the course of …