Phantom Limb Pain Overview
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Robin Bodmann-Bekrater practices in Aachen, Germany. Bodmann-Bekrater is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Phantom Limb Pain. Their top areas of expertise are Phantom Limb Pain, Acute Pain, Neuralgia, Chronic Pain, and Leg or Foot Amputation.
Herta Flor practices in Mannheim, Germany. Ms. Flor is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Phantom Limb Pain. Her top areas of expertise are Phantom Limb Pain, Acute Pain, Chronic Pain, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Martin Diers practices in Duisburg, Germany. Mr. Diers is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Phantom Limb Pain. His top areas of expertise are Phantom Limb Pain, Acute Pain, Fibromyalgia, and Chronic Pain.
Summary: The goal of this study is to compare postamputation pain (phantom limb pain and residual limb pain) one year postoperatively in patients who received a lower extremity amputation (LEA) with standard nerve handling (neurectomy) versus those who received Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR). Patients between 18 and 75 years old, scheduled for an LEA (transfemoral to transtibial) as a primary or secon...
Summary: The investigators have designed a pragmatic trial of home-based transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for phantom limb pain (PLP), the PLP-EVEREST trial (PLP-EffectiVEness pRagmatic Stimulation Trial) to test a portable device that would reach underrepresented populations and would validate this therapy in a more pragmatic setting. Subjects will be randomized to home-based tDCS of the pri...